The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

Bsyront Syria. last December, our beloved
American missionary. Rev. DR. Jossup
told me Of his friend who met sceptic ~
JoppA the seaport Of Jerusalem, and the un-
believer said 10 his friend: ~ am going Into
the Holy Land TO show up the folly Of the
Christian religion am going 70 Walt oil
the 80 called sacred places. and write them
up and show the world that the New Tesla
ment is an imposition upon the worlds ere
dulity." Months after, Doctor Jessup's
friend met the scoptic 1t Beyrout after be
had completed his Journey through the
Holy Land "Well. how Is ~" said the
aforesaid gentleman 70 the sceptic. The
answer was: IL have seen IL all, and tell
you tho Bible II truel Yes. IL Is all truel"
The man who went 10 destroy came back
TO defend. After what myself saw during
my recent absence. conclude that anyone
who can go through the Holy Land and re-
main an unbeliever, IL either a bad man or
an imbecilo God employed men 10 write
the Bible, but He took many OF the same
truths which they recorded, and with
His own almighty hand He gouged
them into the rocks, and drove them
down into dismal depths, and, as docs-
ments are put In the cornerstone OF
temple, 30 In the very foundation OF the
earth He folded up and placed the records
OF heavenly truth The earth's corner
stone was laid. like that OF other sacred
edifces, In the name OF the Father, and OF
the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost The
Author Of revelation, standing among the
great strata, looked upon Moses, and said,
"Let US record for future ages the worlds
history; you write IL there on papyrus;
will write IL here on the boulders"
Again. nature offers an invaluable con
tribution to Christianity by the illustration
she makes Of divine truth. The inspired
writer's seized upon the advantages offered
by the natural world. Trees and rivers
and clouds and rocks broke forth into holy
and enthusiastic utterances. Would Christ
set forth the strength OF faith, He points
10 the sycamore, whose roots spread out.
and strike down, and clinch themselves
amid great depth Of earth. and lie said
that faith was strong enough 70 tear that
up by the roots.
Would Christ teach the precision with
which He looks after you, lie says lie
counts the hairs OF your head. Well. that
il n long and tedious count if the hea q
have the average endowment IL has been
found that II the hairs OF the head be
black there ara about I'D 900. or n they be
fiaxen there are about 10000. But God
knows the exact number: THE hairs OF
your head are all numbered" Would
Christ impress US with divine watchful-
ness and care, He speaks OF the sparrows
that were nuisance In those tunes They
were caught by the thousands In the net
They were thin and scrawny, aud had
comparatively no meat on their bones
They seemed almost valueless, whether lv-
ing or dead. Now, argues Christ IL my
Father takes care OF him will He not take
care OF you'll Christ would have tho
1T IL q
religious development go 10 his corn field
for lesson. lie watches first the green
shoot pressing up through the clods
gradually strengthening into a stalk, and
last OF all the husk swelling out with the
pressure OF the corn; "First the blade
then the ear, after that the full corn in the
ear
Would David set forth the freshness and
beauty Of genuine Christian characterize
sees an eagle starting from its nest Just
after the moulting season, It's old feathers
shed. and its wings and breast declSed with
new down and plumes, its body as finely
feathered as that OF her young ones just be.
ginning to try the speed OF their wings.
Thus rejuvenated and replumed Is the
Christians faith and hope, by every season
OF communion with God "Thy youth Is
renewed like tho eagles" Would Solomon
represent tho annoyance OF contentious
woman's tongue, he points to a leakage In the
top OF his house or tent, where, throughout
the stormy day, the water comes through,
falling upon the fioor-dripl drip drip
and he says. "A continual dripping In n
very rainy day and contentious
woman arc alike" Would Christ
set forth the character OF those
who make great professions OF piety
but have no fruit He compares them 10
barren hg-trees, which have very large
and snowy leaves, and nothing but leaves.
Would job illustrate deceitful friendships,
he speaks OF brooks In these climes that
wind about in different directions, and dry
up when you want to drink out OF them:
"My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a
brook, and as the stream OF brooks they
pass away David when he would inn
press us with the dependency into
which no had sunk, compares IL
10 Quagmire of those regions,
through which he had doubtless sometimes
tried 10 walk. but sunk in up 10 his neck,
and he cried, II sink In deep miro where
there IL no standing" Would Habakixuk
set forth the capacity which God gives the
good man 10 walk safely amid the widest
perils. he points 10 tho wild animal called
Tho hind walking over slippery rocks, and
leaping from wild crag TO wild crag, by the
peculiar make of its hoofs able calmly 70
sustain itself In the most dangerous places;
"The Lord God IL my strength, and he will
make my feet like binds feet"
Job makes oil natural objects pay tribute
70 the royalty OF his book As YOU so
through some chapters Of Job you feel as
il IL were a bright spring morning, and,
as you SEQ the glittering drops from the
grass under your feet. you say with that
patriarch, "Mho hath begotten the drops
OF the devil" And now, az YOU read on, you
seem IN the silent mldniRht 20 behold the