Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-02

DIOuSuS eh tuCu gems, dhu bhC SCtho oh
their pearls and the gardens all their frank
incense, and the spring all its blossoms,
and the harvests all their wealth and heav-
en- all its grandeur, and eternity all its stu
pendous realities; and that since then
poets, and orators, and rhetoricians have
been drinking from exhausted fountains,
and searching for diamonds in realm ut
terly rifed and ransacked.
This book is
THE HIVE OF ALL SWEETNESS.
1t is the armOry of all well-tempered weap-
Ons. 1t is the tower containing the crown
Jewels of the universe. 1t is the lamp that
kindles all other lights. 1t is the home of
all maiesties and splendOrs. 1t is the mar
riage that unites the celestial and the ter
restrial, while all the clustering white
rObed denizens of the sky lowering around
rejoice at the nuptials. This bOok-it is
the wreath into which are twisted all gar
lands; it is the song into which are struck
all harmonies; it is the river into which
are poured all the great tides of hallelu-
iah; it is the armament in which suns
and moons, and stars and consultations
and universe, and eteTnities Wheel and
blaze and triumph. Where is the young
mans soul with any music i'll it that is
not stirred with Jacobs lament, or Ma
huns dirge, or Habakkuk'S dithyrambic,
or Paul's march of the resurrection, or
Johns anthem where the elders with doX
OlOgy on their faces respond to the trum-
pet blast of the archangel as he stands
with one foot on the sea and the other
foot on the land, swearing by Him that
liveth forever and ever that time shall be
no longer?
| am also amazed at
THE VARIETY OF THIS BOOK.
Mind you, not contradiction or collision,
but variety. Just as in the song you
have the basso and alto and soprano and
tenor-they are not in collision with each
other but come in to make up the har-
mOny-sO it is in this Book; there are diff
ferent parts ofthisgreat song of redemption
The prophet comes and takes one part and
the patriarch another part, and the evan
gelist another part, and yet they all come
into the grand harmOny-''tle song of
Moses and the Lamb" If God had in
spired men of tho same temperament to
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onous; but David, and Isaiah, and Peter,
and Job, and Ezekiel, and Paul, and John
were men of different temperamentS, and
80 when God inspired them to write they
wrote in their own style.
God prepared the book for all classes Of
people For instance, little children would
read the Bible, and God knew that; so he
allows Matthew add Luke TO write sweet
stories about Christ with the doctors of the
law, and Christ ut the well, and Christ at
the cross, so that any little children can
understand them. Then God knew that
the aged people would want TO read the
book, so he allows HOlOmun 10 compact
Il world of wisdom i'll that book
of Proverbs. God knew that the historian
would want to read it, and so he allows
Moses to give the plain statement OF the
Pentatcuch God knew that the poet
would want to read it, and 81 he allows
job to picture the heavens rs u curtain
and Isaiah the mountains rs weighed in
balance and the waters as held in the hOl
low of the OmnipOtcnt hand; and God
touched David until in the latter part of
the Psalms, he gathers great choir stand
ing in galleries above each othcr-bcastS
and men in the first gallery; above them,
hills and mountains: above them, fire and
hail, and tempest; above them, sun and
moon and stars of light; and on the high
est arrays the hosts of angels; and then
standing hotOyc this great choir, reaching
from the depths of earth To the heights of
heaven, like the leader Of a great OrchcS-
ira, he lifts his hands crying: Praise the
Lord. Let everything that hath breath,
praise yc the Lord;' and all earthly crea-
lures in their song, and mountains with
their waving ccdarS, and tempests in their
thunder, and rattling hail. and stars on all
their trembling harps of light. and angels
on their thrones, respond i'll magnificent
acclaim: Praise We the Lord. Let eve
rything that hath breath, praise the
Lord. y
God knew that
THE PENSIVE AND COMPLAINING WORLD
would want to read it, and so he inspires
jeremiah to write: ooh, that my head
were waters and mine eyes were fountains
of tearsr God knew that the lovers Of
the Wild the romantic, and the strange
would want to read it, SD lie lets Ezekiel
write of mysterious rolls, and winged
creatures, and flying wheels of fire. God
prepared it for all zOneS-tOr the Arctic
and the TrOpic, as well as for the Temper
ate zone COld-blOOded Grecnlandcrs
would find much to interest them, and
the tanned inhabitant at the equator
would find his passionate nature boil
with the vchemence of heavenly truth.
The Arabian would read it on his drome
Diary, and the Laplander seated on the
swift sled, and the herdsman Of Holland
guarding the cattle in the grass, and the
Swiss girl reclining amid Alpine crags
''Oh, when see that the Bible is suited in
style, exactly suited, to all ages, TO all
conditions, to ali lands, | cannot help re-
peating the conclusion of my text: 1.-The
statutes of the Lord are right
III. | remark again: The Bible is
RIGHT IN ITS DOCTRINES.
Man. q sinner, Christ saviour-the two
doctrines. Man must come dOwn-his
pride, his self-righteOusneSs his worldh-
ness: Christ, the Amounted, must 90 up.
If it had not been for the setting forth OF
the Atonemcnt, Moses would never have
described the Creation; prophets would
not have predicted; apostles would not
have preached. 1t seems to me rs If Jesus
in the Bible were standing on a platform
in great amphitheatre, as if the
prophets were behind him, throwing light
forward on His anchored person, and rs if
De apostles and evangelists stood before
Him, Ike footlightS throwing up their
light into his blessed countenance, and
then as if all the earth and heaven were
the applauding auditory. The Bible
speaks of Pisgah, and Carmel, and Sinai,
but makes all mountains bow down to Cal
vary. The hOcks led over the Judean
hills were emblems Of ''the Lamb of God
that taketh away the sins of the world;'
and the lion leaping out Of its liar, was an
emblem Of 'the lion of Judah's tribe" |
will in my next breath recite to You the
most wonderful 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 Beth
lehem heaven sympathized with earth, and
q wave of joy dashed clear over the battle
ments and dripPed upon the shepherds
in the words: GLORY TO God in the