The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-05

searching for diamonds in a realm utter
| ly Iiied and ransacked.
| Ihi book is the hive of all sweetness.
1t is the armory Of all well-tempered
weapons. II Is the tower containing the
! crown jewels o. the universe. IT is the
lamp that kinleS all other lights. It is
| the home of all maj estes and spIe. doris.
1t Is tie marriage ring that unites the
| ce e~tiai and the terrestrial, while all III.
! Cluster nS white-robed denizens of The.
| sky iIovering around rejoice at tn. nun.
| tial-- This book it is the wreath into
which are tw sted all yariands; it is the
! song INTO which are struck all harmonie5
it is The river into which are poured ali
the sreaa tides of halleluiah; it is the
/ hrmanle:.t which suns anu moons, and
| stars ana consultations, and universe
and eterIlitics wheel, and blaze. and tri
umph.
am also amazed at the variety of this
| pook. just as i'll the song You have the
/ baSso am. alto ard soprano and tenor. so
! it IS IN this ook; there are different
| parts OF TINS great NJ redemption
| The rop:let comes an take, one ltrt
and the i'atria Oh another . .rt, and the
evahSelis- another part, an. tile apostles
another part, and yet they all come into
| the Ct n 'l;irmony-' the song OF Noes
and the Lamb If God had i;lsl,ir.d
men of he same temperament 10 write,
| this book, it might have been I'M to-
nous; but David and Isaiah, ami l.,.r.,r.
and Job and En- .iliel and Pst!. ami
JOHN we're men of different temper,mcIt-.
and so, when God inspired them to write.
| they wrote in their own style
God prepared the TO K for all classes
of people. God prepared it for all zones
-for the Arctic and /. e Tropic as well
as for the Temperate zone. Cold Diooded
Greenianders would find much to inter
| est them, and the tanned inhabitant at
the Equator would find his passionate
! nature boil with the vehemence of heay-
emily truth. The Arabian would read it
on his droinedary, and the LapIander
seated on the swift sled, and the herds
man OF Holland guarding the cattle in
the grass, and the Swiss girl reclining
amid Alpine crags. o, when see that
the Bible is suited in style, exactly suit
ed TO all ages, to all conditions. to all
lands, L cannot help repeating the CON
clusion of ms text: The statutes of the
Lord are right"
III. I remark again: The Bible is
right in its doctrines. Man, a sinner,
Christ a saviour-the two doctr mes.
Man must come down-his pride, ais
sell righteousness, his worldliness;
Christ the Amounted, must 60 up. Ii il
had not been for the setting forth of thu.
Atonement, Moses would never have.
described the creation; prophets would
not have predicted; apostles would not
have preached. 1t seems to me as il
Jesus in the Bible were standing on a
platform in great amphitheatre. as il
the prophets were behind Him, throwing
light forward on His sacred person. and
as IL the apostles and evanse: is S stood
before Him, like footlights throwing I'D
their light into His blessed count enance.
and then as if all the earth and heaven
were the applauding audit"ry. The
Bible speaks of Pisgah, and Carmel, and
Sinai, but makes all mountains bow
down to Calvary. The focks lie over
the Judean hills were emblems OF the
Lamb of God that taketh away the
sins OF the world; and the lion Ieapiup
out OF its lair was an emblem OF - the
lion OF Judah's tribe" I will in my
next breath recite to you the most won
derful sentence ever written: "This is
faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save Sinners" No
wonder that when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem heaven sympathized with
earth. and wave of joy dashed clear
over the ba'tlements and dripped upon
the shepherds in the words: "Glory to
God in t:.e highest and on earth peace,
good will towar men," In my next
sentente every word weighs ton:
God so Lowell the world that He gave
Hi only-begott son that whatsoever
be ieveth n Hi should not perish, but
have everlasting life Shew me any
other book with such u doctrine, so hiSE.
SO !e ?, SO vat.
". gain: The B:"le is right in its
effects do not care where you put the
'B!hl" t just suits the place. You put
1t Ia the hand Of man seriously con-
C I'll d about his sou.. I see people
often giving to e serious soul this and
that book. 1t may be very well, but
there is no book like the Bible.
Tax this Bib u an place it in the
hnV a.. IL Al.
body lce In tro;.hlr: An, might bet
ter assl are there. any here who have
neve: ben II tlu bic: Put this Bible
i'll til" hands oil the troubled. You find
tina, rs some Of the best berries grow on
the sharpest thorns, SO some OF the
sweetest consultations Of the Gospel
gr Nv on the most singing affection.
You Thought That DEATH had lrasped
your child. Oh. no! II was Gully the
heavenly helalcrd taking lamb out OF
the cold. Christ bent over you Us YOU
he'd the child II your lap, AMI putting
Els arms gently around the little one.
said: '.Of such is the kingdom .of
heaven"
Put the Bible In the school. Pals:ed
be the hand that would take the Bible
from the llcSe an. the school. i.du-
cat only iIi;,I.'s head and you make
hi;:l an in,.el. Ed,Ict only mans
heart i.iit. you make l;iia II ianatic. Edu-
cate 'hcIn boti, together. ami you have
the .oi'l.>t work OF God An educated
lIii!'i "Itnout mora. nc pl., i Il ship
without helm, rushing rail train
without brakes or reversing rod to con-
troll the speed. Put the Bible in the
family. There it lies the table, an
unlimited power. polygamy and I'M
scr plural divorce are prohibited. Par
e. Is are kind and fa thful children po-
Lite and obedient. Domestic su rows
lessened by being divided. joys Increased
by being multiplied. . .ather, o mother.
take down that lons, nei,lccte Bible and
read 1t yourselves ana let our children
read it
Put the Bible Oh the rail train and on
s'i.ip board, till all part of this land and
al other lands snail have its ill.IniiIa-
ton. This h There ris.., the Yell of
heather worship, and in the face or this