The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-09-17

that the aged people would want IA -
the book, so he allowed Solomon to co..
pact . world OF wisdom in that hooL :.
Proverbs. God knew that the hi..o,;.~
would want to read it, and so he ,no-.
Moses to give the plain statement orr.
Pentateuch. God knew that to picturs a..
heavens as a curtain, and Isaiah o..
mountains as weighed in balance. ana
the waters as held in the hollow Of n.
omnipoten. hand: and God touched David
until in the latter part of the Psalms, n.
gathers great choir, sta nding in galler;s.
above each other-beasts and M.
in the first gallery; above them, hills ,,a
mountains; above them, fire and hail ana
tempest; above them, sun and moon ana
stars Of light; and on the highest call.rv
arrays the hosts of angels; and thar
standing before this great choir, reaebips
from the depths of earth to the heights Of
Heaven. like the leader of great orchestr,
he lifts his hands, crying, praise TIA
Lord! Let everything that hath breath
praise We the Lordw And all eartbIv
creatures in their song, and mountain.
with their waving cedars, and te,np.s,,
in their thunder, and rafting hail. and
stars ON all their trembling harps of lirat
and angels on their thrones, respond In
magnificent acclaim: "Praise We IN.
Lord! Let everything that hath breath
praise ye the Lord"
3. Iromark again: The Bible is rich.
in its doctrines. Man a sinner. Christ
Saviour-.he two doctrines Man INNS.
come down-his pride, his seIf.rightcous.
ness, his worldliness; Christ, the annoiut.
ed. must go up. II it had not been for the
setting forth OF the atonement, Moses
would never have described the creation.
seems to me as il Jesus in the Bible wers
standing on platform in great amphi-
theater, as il the prophets wore behind
him, throwing light forward OH his sacred
person. and as If the apostles and evange.
lists stood before him, like foot.
lights throwing mp their light into
his blessed countenance, and then as il al
the earth and Heaven were the an
plauding auditory. The Bile speaks Of
Pisgah, and Carmel, and Sinai. but makes
all mountains bow down to Calvary. The
fiocks lel over the Judean hills were EN-.
blems Of the Lamo of God that taketh
away the sins of the world;" and the lion
leaping out Of its lair was an emblem Of
s'the lion Of Judah's tribe" / viii in INV
next breath rsci;e to you the most won
derful sentence ever written:
This Is faithful saving and worthy OF ell
acceptntion. that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners.
No wonder that when Jesus was born In
Bethlehem lea zen sympatbized with
earth, and q wave of joy dashed clear
over the battlements and drippsd upon the
shepherds in the words:
Glory to God In the highest, and on earth
peace and good will toward men.
In my next sentence every word weighs
ton:
Go so loved the world that he gave bis
only begotten Son. that whosoever belIeveth
In Him should not perish, but have everiass.
ing life.
Show me any other book with such .
doctrine, 30 high, so deep, so vast.
4. Again: The Bible is right in its effects,
1 do not care where you put the Bible, Il
just suits the place. You put it In the
hand OF . man seriously concerned about
his soul. see people often giving to the
serious soul this and that book. It may
be very well, but there is no book like the
Bible. He reads the commandments and
pleads to the Indictment, "Guilty." Hs
takes up the Psalms Of David. and says
"They just describe my feelings" Hs
files the good works; Paul starts him out
Of that by the announcement, "a man b
not justified by the works. He falls back
In his discouragement; the Bible starts
him mp with the sentences:
Remember Lots wife.
Grive not the spirit.
Flee the wrath to come.
Then the man in despair Legins to cry
out: "What shall I do? Where shall ]
go:" And . voice reaches him, saying:
Come unto me all ye who are weary and
heavy laden and will give you rest
Take this Bible and place it in the hands
of men in trouble. Is there any body here
in trouble! Ah, might better ask. are
there any here who have never been In
trouble? Put this Bible in the bands Of
the troubled. You find that as some Of
the best berries grow on the sht rpest
thorns, 50 some Of the sweetest consola-
tions Of the gospel grow on the most sting
ing ahliction. You thought that death
had grasped your child. O, no; it was
only the Heavenly Shepherd taking . lamb
out Of the cold. Christ bent over You ~
you held the child in your lap, and put
ting his arms gently around the little one,
said:
OF such 10 the Kingdom Of Esaven.
Put the Bible in the school Paisied be
the hand that would take the Billie from
the college and the school. Educate only
. mans head and you make him an inddeL
Educate only . mans heart and you make
him q fanatic. Educate them both TO-
gether and you have the noblest work Of
God.
Put the Bible on the rail train and on
ship board, till all parts Of this land and
all other lands shall have its illumination
This hour there rises the heather worship
and in the face of this days sun smokes
the blood Of human sacrifice. Give them
the Bible. Unbind that wife from the
funeral pyre, for no other sacrifice -
needed since the blood Of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sin.
I am preachino tbia sermon because