Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

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For instance, little children would tbs
Bible, and God knew that, so he allows
Matthew and Luke to write sweet sto-
ries about Christ with the doctors Of tba
law. and Christ at the well, and Christ a.
the cross, 50 that any little child can I'm.
derstand them. Then God knew that tbs
aged people would want to read the book
and so he allows Solomon to COMPACT a
world Of wisdom in that Book of Proverbs
God knew that the historian would want
TO read it. and so he allows Moses to giva
the plain statement of the Pentateucb
God knew that the poet would want Ia
read it. and so he allows Job to pIcture
The Heavens as a curtain; and Isaiah The
mountains as weighed in a balance
and the waters as held in the
hollow Of the Omnipotent hand; and
God touched David until, in the lat.
ter part Of the Psalms, he gathers
great choir standing in galleries above
each Other-beasts and men in the first
gallery: above them hills and mountains:
above them. fire and hail and tempest:
above them, sun, moon and stars
of light: and then, on the high.
est gallery, arrays the hosts Of
angels: and then, standing before this
great choir, reaching from the depths Of
earth to the heights Of Heaven, like the
leader Of a great orchestra, he Lifts his
hands. CRYING "Praise We the Lord. Let
every thing that hath breath praise ye the
LOrd:n and all earthly creatures in their
song. and mountains with their waving
cedars. and tempests in their thunder and
rafting hail, and stars on all their tremb.
ling harDs Of light, and angels on their
thrones. respond in magnificent acclaim
'sPraise We the Lord. Let every thing that
hath breath praise the Lord God knew
that the Densive and complaining world
would want to read it, and so he inspires
Jeremiah to write: "Oh. that my head
were waters and mine eyes fountains Of
+ears.n God knew that the lovers the,
wild. the romantic, and the strange would
want to read it, so he lets Ezekiel
write Of mysterious rolls, and winged
craat11res. and fiving wheels Of fire. God
prepared it for all zOues-for the arctic
and the tropics Us well as for the temper
ata zone. C0ld-bIOOded Greenlanders
would find much to interest them, and the
tanned inhabitants at the equator would
find his passionate nature boil with the
vehemence Of heavenly truth. The Arab
ian would read it on his drOmedary, and
the LaDlander seated on the swift sled
and -ha herrlsman Of Holland guarding
the cattle in the grass, and the Swiss gr
reclining amid Alpine crags. Oh, when
see that the Bible is suited in STYLE exact /
w suited to all ages, to all condltlons o (
all Iands.I can not help repeating the con- (
cIusion of my text: 1.-The statues Oh uh
Lord are right
I remark again. the Bible is right in iH
doctrines. Man sinner, Christ a oavl0r Z
the two doctrines. Man must CONS
d0wn-hIs pride, his self-r1ghteousnesa
/ his wOrldIiness. Christ the anomteG .
must 20 I'D. If it had not been for tl' z
/ setting forth Of the atOnement, Moses
would never have described the creation
prophets would not have predicted; apo"
| files would not have preached. 1t seems
/ TO me as if Jesus. in the Bibler were stand
| ing on the platform in Il great ampllJaes
/ ter, and as if the prophets were penn.
him, throwing light forward on His 'acre
person: and as if the apostles ana evan
rpIists stood before Him. like fOot-lgnl
throwing up their light into His olesse
qountenance. and then as If all the ear
and Heaven were the applauding auditory
The Bible speaks Of Pisgah and Carms
and Sinai. but makes all mountains oo's
down to Calvary. The fOcks E
over the Judean hills we're embleIf
of "the Lamb Of God that taketh ava
the sin Of the world;" and the lion lea9
inr ont Of its lair was an emblem Of "nf
lion Of Judah's tribe" I will, in my neg
breath. recite to you the mos Wonder.t
sentence ever written: "This is raltl
saving. and worthy Of all acceptatlon, ID
| Christ Jesus came into the world to s
sinners" No wonder that when Jesi
was born in Bethlehem Heaven s!l
pathized with earth, and q wave OIL
dashed clear over the battlements
driDDed upon the shepherds in the Worl
"GlOrv to God in the highest, and on ea
peace. good will toward men," In
next sentence every word weighs
"God so loved the world that he gave
Onlv begOtten son. that whOsOeyer
leveth in him should not perish, but d.
everlasting life" Show me any on
book with such a dOctrine-so nlgA
deep, so vast
Again, the Bible is right in its ettece
do not care where you put the Bloe
lust suits the place. You put IL Ii
hand Of u man seriously concerned 90
his soul. see people often giving u
serious soul this and that book. 1t ma
very well: but there is no book Ike
Bible. He reads the commandments,
pleads to the Indictment guilty.
takes up the Psalms Of David ana
"Thev lust describe my feelings" ne n
to good works. Paul starts him out oL
by the announcement: "a man
justified by works" He falls back
discouragement. The Bible starts DID
with the sentence; Remember Lots
Grieve not the Spirit. Flee the Wra
come" Then the man in despair peg
cry out: "What shall l do? Where ~
ro?" and o voice reaches him, gay
Come unto me, all ye who are We~!
heavy laden, and | will give you II
Take this Bible, and place it u
hands Of men in trouble? Is there
| body here in trouble? All! might x
ask. are there any here who have
been in trouble? Put this Bible u
hands Of the troubled. You find u'
some of the best berries grow o.
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