Telegram-herald., 1888-08-06

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ASzinst ta2t ealaroa - pa~sy ana bl2s-
ph~ay. Phll@zfkropy &za ass@ssaassca, ~
s4ertnos and be@s.l-nasz, pA4cs sAs swo aes-
tlnsS of the Blb4e forever 2zd fsrss<r ..d
forever apart
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crtsote1 dsstseedz.
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part q Il. never de veil T1asy esthsr 20 ous
II dArknes< " rAey g. ost IL silence porten-
toax Yea n~y gataar zp al tie hiogrz-
pais thai Aave cesns festA s4aae tAe art of
printsng ~&s invsntsd. and chzlisase yoa
d sAo~ ne a triumphant data of a msa
Who re jscsed ths scFles1res. % rejected sny
part q then Here make . great vide
svsas~ oa tbs ons pus tie death beds q
tboss WHO believed IN al entire Elble On
tie other ssds q tA2t sseaas pat the destA-
beds cf thoss who rsJssssd ls4rs u the Bable,
or rsjected al Of the Bi6le New. taks
ny arm and ht Us pass through
tbs dividing avenue. Lock og upon tbs
right side Here are tbs dssthbsds On the
rizht sids of this avenue Victory through
our Lord Jesus carlstF- "frss gracels
GLORY. glory Il am sweeping through
the gates washed IN tie blood u the Larnbgs
The ehariots are coming Il mount. I
nyr Wings. wingsl- They nrs coming
for me- "Peace, be stillr Alfred Cook
mans desthted, Richard Cecirs csathbed.
Commodore Foote's deathbsd, your fathers
deathhed your mothers dsethbed. your ais
ter's deathbed, your child's dearhbed Ten
thousand radiant. songful de4fhbeas Of those
who believed an entire BiblA
Now take nv arm and let Us 20 through
that avenue and look of upon the other side.
No smile OF hope No shout Of triumph. No
face supernsturally ilsmined' Those who
reject any part OF the Bible never die well.
No beckoning for angels TO come No listen
ing for tho celestial escort Without any
exception they 60 but of the world because
they are pushed out; while on the other hand
the list Of those who believed in an entire BIZ
bic and gone out of the world Ia triumph is
list 50 long II seems interminab bic Oh. is
net that splendid influence, this orthodoxy.
which makes that which must otherwise bs
the most dreadful hour OF life-the last hour
positively parsdisaical'
Young men, old men, middle aged men.
take sides in this contest between orthodoxy
and heterodoxy. ASK for the old paths.
walk therein, and We shall find rest for your
souls" But you follow this crusade against
any part Of the Bble--nrst OF all you will
give up Genesis, which is as true as Matthew;
then you will give up all the historical parts
Of the Bible; then after a while you will give
up the miracles; then you will find Il con-
venient TO give up the Ten Commandments;
and then after while you will wake up in
q fountainless. reckless, treelsss desert swept
OF everlasting sirocco. II you are laughed at
you can afford to be laughed at for standing
by the Bible just as God has given il 20 you
and miraculously preserved it.
Do not jump overheard from the xanch
old Great Eastern of old fashioned orthodoxy
until there is something ready to take you
up stronger than the fantastic yavl which
has painted on the side Advanced Thought"
and which leaks at the prov and leaks 1T the
stern aad has q steel Pen for one oar and a
glib tongue for the other oar, and now tins
over this way and then tips over that way.
until you do not know whether the passen-
gers viii land In the breakers Of despair or on
the sinking sand Of infdelitv and atheism.
am in full sympathy with the advance
ments Of our time, but this world win never
advance a single inch beyond this old Bible.
God was just as capable Of debating the truth
to the prophets and apostles as he is capable
of debating the truth TO these modern
apostles and prophets God has not learned
in Thousand years. He knew Just
as much when no gave the first dictation as I
he does now, giving the last dictation. IL he !
is giving any dictation at ALL So will stick
to the old paths. Naturally skeptic and |
preferring new things to old, never SO much |
as today felt the truth of the entire Bible. !
as l see into what spectacular |
imbecility men rush whan they trv to chop |
mp the Scriptures with the meat az OF their |
own preferences, now calling upon philoso- 4
ply, now calling on the church, now calling
on God, now calling on the devil ! prefer
the thick, warm robe Of the old religion-old |
as God-the robs which has kept so MANY
warm amid the cold pilgrimage of this life !
and amid the chills OF death The old robo
rather than the thin, uncertain gauze offered
US by these wiseacres who believe the Bible
in spots
On July q, 1914, at "a years Of age, expired
Isabella Graham. She was the most useful
woman of her day amid the poor and sick. at
the head OF the orphan asylIins and Magda-
len asylums, and an angel of mercy in hos
pital and reforInatory. Dr. Mason, one of /
mightiest mcn Of his dav, said at her funeral
that she was mentally and spiritually
tho most wonderfully endowed person he
sver met She was an impcsonation OF the
most orthodox orthodoxy Her last word
was peace. As sublime peroration 10 my
'ernon will give an extract from her last
will and testament showing how one who
believes in an entire Bible may make q
glorious exit.
An extract from n will:
my children and my grandchildren I
cave TO my covenant God, the God who hath
ed me all my life with the bread that per
sheth and the bread that never pcrisheth,
who has bean a Father 70 my satherless chill
iren and husband 10 their widowed mother
hus far. And now receiving my Redeem
RS testimony, set 70 my seal that God 10
rue; and believing the record OF John that
rod hath given to me eternal life, and this
ife is in his Sca, who. through The eternal
spirit. overcomes without spot unto God. and
'eing consecrated priest forever, hath with
lis own blood entered iato the holy place.
'sving obtsiaed eternal redemption for ma
Ilso believe that he win perfect wha: concerns
IA, support ard carry rns safely through
esth. and present n1e TO his Father. CON-
lets IN his own righteousness. without spot
r wrinkle. Into The hands Of this redeem
Il God, Father. son and Holy Ghost l CON-
iit my redeemed spirit-IssbeTs Graham
Let mo die the death Of the righteous. and
pd let nv last end bs like hers GLORY -
) tho Fsther and % the Son and 70 the Holy
host, a. il ~ss ia the beginning. is nov ard /
Trr shall b4 world without end Amen ,
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