New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-29
CREDENCE IN THE REVEALED WORD.
A. l.n L. 9Th Aunnna RlnList Church NGsLnr


At the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church yester
day the Rev DR.. ArLitage produced the first OF two
sermons for believing IN the Bible The text vas john
xviii 10: "Thy word is truth"
BY believing in the Bible. | mean giving 1t Gre
dence as the revealed word OF Coo, Evtn
books, written by not ss than forty VIII e- ana Loe-e
embrace period S o[ sa' soy pd Of edeson e
The Bibe ia one book in design and historical showing
some of Michael Angeles works completed aftor
his death from models left by him. Moses lett models,
vet his work carried on to completion.
Dante aud Shakespeare have lille relation
to each other in their fields of thought /
vet the sixty-sX books OF the BLDG, Uouhd
together in one read perfectly IN one sense ~ hey
were the work of author. Merciess crtcs nave IA
sailed IL, yet they nave been oosod T. acc ~ IT,
are men OF the inquest grade # mind. Consia tine,
Charemagne. Artd the Great, anu GustavH AdoIP has
Fox Peel Gladstone, Bismarck. Washington, Adins
and Webster. Ghe great poets nave reVerIa tne BlD5
and Tennyson Philosophers testify to ~
(Hvinity-Fefguson Bacon. Locke ana newton nons
physicians ArDutnnot ana Larvey Jnliss, hae' . q
stone Erskne and Ndreha captains, "elInEI0 o. ahd
HavelOck. Artists, sucn as Raphael KuDcnS ana Dore
hay, revelled in us inspiration.
Inc external evidence tor beef IN the Bible Is found
In the 9 81 Of before e oo
curTence they must have been revealed he history o
the destruction of Nineveh, the succession
OF the Baoyonian aud Roman empires
foretod by DaDIe!, and the true blood OF Abra-
ham represented by 10000 Jews in this city, tesiy 10
the iulhlment prOpnec.es made thousands OF years
the the CAPTIVITY ami tue cOntnuDc6 or the
Jews have been fulfilled. Historical events running
back years to-day the lulnInenL OF the prpph
OF Jeremiah but the foresight ana Inc tHhu o.
humanity did pei events To bring tnis 10 pas
of Christ regarding the fd OF Jcfa1 III
was fnled The writings OF Marx extend iIOm 81 10 IS
A. d.; OI Luke, from 80 TO 90 A. D., aud Jerusalem
was not DESTROYED until 70 A. ID. The records OF Mas
thew extend from 81 70 90 A. d. wnIe Christ OletUid
The llll fort, years the time oil IT, He r0p
esled IN detail he destruction OF Jer 5dlen the apDBy
OF the Apus the spread or the Gospel Of nation at
war against nation, OF the dispersion vi the jews Gle
There were tw nay distinct particulars, any one VI
winch falling would vitae the wnOie.
DId tnese things Oconri The enemies OF
Christiauty say they did Tue BlDlc states nothing
OF it, We depend prOfane writers for Our
testimony JOsepdus 4 / how Nero. GalDd ana OJuO
met violent deaths within eighteen months Tciius and
Suetuulus record fanues aud pestilencts IN every
direction. earthquakes at SdmO, MetuH. and Gre
In 80 Poiupen was shattered Piny the Younger ADDS
his testimony. Josepuus tells Of the Temple closed
by twenty men, doors burst open OF tDcu.cy,s.
testimony to sustain inside prophecy.
All the Apostles except Jonn then dc al.
Christ mad said " There be some standing mere who
6inoe the fa OF Jerusalem 800 Lave passed. and
ten attempts have made to rebuild Temple yet
not stone stands upon the Other TeJew sf"und
in every country OF the eart and he Is MOI Christian.
The PnGni. iaIls, EtTuscans Go lis. AVas, Huns and
Wand ala where are they Truly l.2OO years have
passed. and the that numbered millions are lost
The Jews are everywhere according 10 tne prophecy.
WHAT would be said IL the Career OF Napoleon or
Isr;.oi mao predctedf IL would be miracle Lot
him VINO would doubt the divinity OF tue prophecy Of
Cnrist 20 TO the author Of The Decline aud Fail o.
Rome" The evidence Of The DIVINITY Of the
Q sllken mesh, which, removed destroys The whole