The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-14
The hand of The vanda' must be laid

.tand hard by the gates of death ana te"
-, rassing .soul that there is nothing
hevoud but darkness, utter extinction oi
being. the Serdition Of an eternal night
And when he has finished what has he
done lie has condemned the sun 10
.hine down in serene spendor upon a
human hell.
"iiow comes II then says an anony-
nous writer. "thai this little volume
composed by humble men IN "a
,nae age. when art ana science
were I'm their childhood, has eN..
erted more influence on the human nina
and ON the social system than all OUT
hooks put together " iini
sort Of Book il This. that even tue WIND
and wave OF human passion obey u
Wbat other engine OF social improve.
rocnf has operated so long, aud lost none
of ifs virtue; Since il appeared
empire after empire has been launched
,n6p the tide of time and gone down
and expired But this Book is still 20 NJ
about doing good lcaycning socieiy
with if- holy principles. cheering me
-orrowful with consolation, strcnsi men
inc The tempted. encouraging the penr
-rut. calming the troubled spirit and
.moothing the pillow OF death. Can
such a book De the offspring OF human
fenius The extent OF It's influence
/ and the vastnoss of los effects demon
.raio that SIS power is the power o
F God.
In conclusion. Jet MS reflect moment
unon our present duty with respect ID
/ he Book. We have spoken briefly OF it-
composition. of its cryslalizaiion o
many books into one complete and har
norious revelation. We have glance
/ Al his mighty effect as Illustrative of Do
+ bower and the source of iis power. Now
+ fhis book has come down 10 us from ih'
4 .ioric6 past AS f. priceless heritage THE
Generations that have gone have trans
mntei +. 80 us with scIupulous care, an'
.onhded it to our hands What - ou
lufy with respect TO IL
i DO not speak n0w.of that intiyidua
use we must make of 10 I'm our own spirit
ual life speak of The obligation impose.
upon us OF sending This Book viii
is frcighted blessings io the DIES
dtute. Who will compute th
work done by the Bible socictic
of Christian landsy II has now beer
translated into 324 language .
/ European languages. IS. oi Asiaiic, lOl
iof African. ~. of American 3s. and ii
he languages of Oceanioa, Al. The larg
pronorii0n Of the Inhabitants OF ih
.lone can now read the words of thi
Book In their own tongue wherein the
we're born Il has gone forth into "a
lands 20 prove on every continent am
among all peoples, The cornerstone %
a new civilization 10 has demonstrate
lbs power 10 win TO- way into lhe alice
tlons and influence the lives of men.
lfeai somewhere not long ago an In
calcnl told BIS 70 missionary whose sphef
of labor is IN ihe northern part oi ihl
continent. within the Arctic circle
One day Us he was seated I'm hl
hut bending over some alduOu- W0r
ihe door opened and a group OF Indian
iled silently in after their manner 200
seated themselves The missionar
raised his head and asked them Whenc
they came. They had iourneyed ioul
cen nights they said from sOmcwhcl
tar Ia the interior or that vast lan'
What DO YOU want of me asked Oh
missionary. We have come that SO
may tell MS the meaning oi this Booi
4 copy of the Bible in their own i0ngu
hand found iis way TO that remote lndia
village The inhabitants bad learned q
read that they might possess them-Ayt
r OF its contents But there was niue
they could not understand, much ths
was an enigma 10 them needing solution
and -0 they had despatched this dept
taif0n lO travel fourteen days lOurne
across the trackless SHOWS of Arctic II
aions 20 learn the meaning OF their BOol
What interest, What shame and II
bnke to Christians whose Bibles al
Gust-c0vered and MODIFICATION from di
use
You an know the story OF Madaga'
cars emancipation. one OF the mo-
J splendid iriumphs OF the Cross in 'l
} laiier ages
You remember that in one Of the reai
ton, of heather power, one of the ~
luXrs of the incoming tide, the mission
. arie- were expelled from the island an
toe Churches were dismantled But Oh
written word of God still remained +
the cherished possession of the naiiy
Christians, and Dr Gilman in paper o
The Power of the Printed Bible tell
as that In these dark days the Scripture
were buried tor safety and read D.
stealth, and when the supply of printe
Bibles failed. the natives cOpie
out portions with the pen. Aud y,
during that period when there was D
, preacher but the Bible itself, bearing d
. own witness, the number of Christian
increased from 1000 10 1000, and tb
, Kingdom of God increased with silei
might
, Fellow Christians the Bible Il itself
power lt j. the word OF God, and
cannot go forth imp0tenily nor retur
TO Him void
This Society whose anniversary go
are here 20 celebrate tonight. is engage
in sending 10 abroad and planting 10
every household w.ere 10 Is not And
F, we ask what il our duty with respect
this Book, what duty is there 80 imml
diaiey suggested and s0 conclusive &
. Christian conscience rs this duty 81 is
crea-ing ifs power and multiplying Il
influence among the sons oi this iaiie
race,
An Indian chief ont on the Wester
plains walked one day into the house G
the Christian missionaries and laid dow
his Offering There, said he. "tah
that snd gIte Me G0spd d40ih.r push
Who of You to-nightwili feel 10 am mono
and a privilege To lay down your Oiferin
and say Give the Word OF God al
+ other push:
, Yea, on, thou Word of God on in th
. conQueung career; on, under darkene
, rool-trccs on, among benighled peopi,
bearing Thy Heagen-kindled torch
7 light and iluminng the pathway 4
eternal life And when the last hon
r comes, and the results OF human agenc
are summed up, may It be recorded q
me, aud OF each one here he helped o
the Word OF God in is glorious c0urs
; The MONTANA FLoP.-The people q
T Montana Territory were struck by th
/ Republican cyclone that swept III
- Northwest last fall, and gave. a decide
majority for the Republicans This
/ vote was accepted as assuring Repll
: lican state il Montana was admitted
) and 1t came in gith tine Two Dakotas an
Washington.
. But since the measures have been p~