Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1888-12-28

his wages 81 pence or 81 cents for
a days work. A Bible with mar,
ginal notes and references cost
then thirty pound sterling, or$l5O
in our currency. Hence it would
require him 10y save all his earn
ings for seven years to he able to
procure copy. Work seScnyears
to owa Il Bible! How b!ess are
we! Now a New Testament can !
be purchased for five cents and q
COPY of the whole Bible for TWEEN
ty-ive cents. The fifteenth cen
fury gave birth to orc Of the most
wonderful inventions of any age.
The art Of prn1ing-the at PIE.
servatiye of all arts Has Invented.
A new era dawned upon the world
of science and literature. Like
the sun in his rising mast needs
battle with the fogs and shades
of hight before his rays ii!umi.
nate the face of na,'re, giving the
flowers their delicate tints, and
irradiatlrg all nature with beau.
~ and loneliness, 50 the Word OF
God-thc sun OF the moral uni
ycrse-,lluminstes the dark places
OF earth demonstrating that the
':entrance Of the Word givetn
light and Thy word is y LAM
to my feet and light to M path
way" Now the American Bible
society, British and Foreign Ri.
bic society and other similar in
situations are manufacturing and
circulating millions Of Bibles and
they are being scattered 10 the
ends Of the earth, and like the
leaves of tile tree for the healing
efthe nations" are being scatter
cd as before the autumnal winds.
AS near rs can be ascertain:l the
Bible has been translated into
more than ESQ languages and dsa
lects, l50,000.000 copies in circu
lation and l.0o0,Oo0,00o ready for
distribution. Every ship upon
every ocean all every train in ev,
cry zone is the vehicle usc.l by Di,
vine providence to carry the word
Of life to tie people.
II. Is this wonderful book Di-
yinely Inspired? These evidences
are internal and direct and cola
tcral abstract and concrete.-Ple-
nary, in That it is the fall expires.
sion OF the Divine mind and will
concerning NAH Cots mind
written on paper-full, copious
comprehensive, embracing all eth
zeal and practical lazy and pre-
cept appertaining to man in his
relations and duties to his Crea-
tor, himself, and his fellow man.
One OF the most cogent arguments
| in proof of its Divine authorship
| is to he observed in the manner,
style and language used. Begin
\ ming with Genesis and ending
with Revelation lthe most start
ling and wonderful disclosures
are made. For example: ''Ia the
T beginning" When was that? The
imagination is taxed. 1t cannot
be measured by lie flight Of time
or the revolving cycles CT eternity
past. ''lD the beginning G I'd"
Wonderful Disclosure! God. The
eternal God. I'm the beginning
God created That revelation
opens up before The mini tn e
great volume of creation, bring
ing forth order, beauty, physical
life, something from nothing
sin the beginning God created
the heavens" The heavens Gle
clare the glory Of Go l." We are
made eonversant with those orbs
and spheres that glow anil s!istea
in the armament. '.In the begin
ming God created The heaven, and
3 the EARTH" Increasing delight an(
rapture at every step of these dis
closures Of the Word Of God, I'M.
til ringing through the corridors
and leaping the domes Of uniyer
sal worlds we hear the voice OF
:. Omnipotent greatness exclaim
Let there be light, and there was
light
The moral excellence and unal.
loycd truth Of the Bible fnrnishe!
proof Of its Divine authorship
Ito athinal tnarh,nuo ara inrnm