Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-30
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father and mother, and shall cleave untA I
his wife" Not his wives, but his wife, !
How many wives did God spare for Noah
in the ark? Two and two the birds; two !
and two the cattle; two and two the lions; !
two and two the human race. IL the God
of the Bible had favored multiplicity Of
wives, he would have spared plurality Of
wives. When God first launched the
human race. he gave Adam one wife. At
the second launching Of the human race
he spares for Noah enc wife, for Ham one
wife, for Shem one wife, for Japhet one
wife, Does that look as though God
favored polygamy? In Leviticus IS. Is,
God thundcrs his prohibition Of more than
one wife.
Another false charge which infldclty has
made against tho Bible is that it is an an.
tagonist to woman, that it enjoins her deg
relation and bclittles her mission. Under
this impression many women have been
overcome OF this Plague Of lnfdelity. Is
the Bible the enemy Of women? Come into
the picture gallery, the Louvre, the Lux
cmborg Of tho Bible, and see which pictures
are the most honored. Here is Eve, q per.
feet woman. as perfect u woman as could
be made by a perfect God. Here is De-
borah, with her womunly arm hurting
host into the battle. Here is Miriam, lead
ing the Israelitish orchestra on the banks
Of the Red Sea. Hero is motherly Hannah,
with her own loving hand replenishing tho
wardrobe Of her son Samuel, the prophet.
Here Is Abigail. knoeling ut the foot Of the
mountain until the four hundred wrathful
men, at the sight Of her beauty and prowess
halt halt-a hurricane stopped at the sight
of water-lily, dewdrop dashing back
Hrrn 10 Irth - ch,,,,
all the modern slang about moth.
ers-in-law as she turns her back on her
home and her country, and faces wild
beasts and exile and death, that she may
be with Naomi. her husbands mother.
| Here is Vashti, defying the bacchanal Of
thousand drunken lords, and Esther, will
ing to throw her life away that she may
| deliver her people. And here Is Dorcas,
the sunlight Of eternal famo gildidin2 her
| philanthropic needle, and the woman with
| perfume in box made from the hills Of
| Alabastron. pouring the holy chrism on the
| head OF Christ, the aroma lingering all
down the corridor OF the centuries. Here
| is Lydia, the merchantcss Of Tyran purple
| immortalizcd for her Christian behavior.
Here is the widow with two mites, more
famous than the Peabodys and the Lenoxes
of all ages, while here comes in slow Of
| gait and with careful attendants and with
special honor and high favor, leaning on
the arm of inspiration, one who is the Joy
and pride Of any home so rarely fortunate
us to have ono, an old Christian grand
mother, Grandmother Lois. Who has
more worshippers today than any being
that ever lived on earth. except Jesus
Christ? Mary. For what purpose did
Christ perform his first miracle upon
earth? 10 relieve the embarrassment Of q
womanly housekeepcr at the falling short
of a beverage. Why did Christ break up
the silence of the tomb, and tear of the
shroud and rip up the rocks? 1t was to
| stop the bereavement Of the two Bethany
sisters For whose comfort was Christ
most anxious in tho hour of dying excrucia-
| ton? For woman, an old woman, q
| Wrlnklc-faced woman, woman who in
other days had held him in her arms, his
first friend, his last friend, as it is very
apt to be, his mother. AL the pathos Of
tho ages compressed into one utterance,
'Bchold thy mother" Does the Bible
antagonizo woman?
Since you put the Bible on your stand In
the sittingro has the Bible been to you,
o woman, curse or a blessing? Why is
it that woman when she is troubled will
go to her worst enemy, tho Bible? Why do
you not 60 for comfort to some of the great
infidel books? No, the silly, deluded wom-
an persists in hanging about the Bible YER
ses, Lot not your heart DO troubled, "
IAN things work together for good"
''Wceping may endure for q night" II am
the resurrection" "Peace, be STILL"
Furthermore; rather than invite ! resist
this Plague Of lnhdelity because it has
wrought no positive good in the world and
is ALWAYS n hindrancc
There stands Christianity. There stands
inhdclity. Compare what they have done.
Compare their resources. There is
Christianity, prayer on her lip; bene-
diction on her brow; both hands full Of
help for all who want help; the mother VI
thousands OF colleges; the mother of thou.
sands OF asylums for tho oppressed, the
blind. the sick, the lame. the imbecile; the
mother Of missions for the bringing bach
of the outcast; the mother Of thousands oil
reformatory institutions for the saving Of
the lost; the mother of innumerable Sab
bath schools, bringing millions Of childrez
under drill to prepare them for respecta
bilty and usefulness, to say nothing Of the
great future. That is Christianity.
lnddelity scrapes no lint for the wound.
ed, bakes no bread for the hungry, shakes
up no pillow for tho sick, rouscs no CON-
loit lor tuc UcFclJ, 6lluS no grave LOT tuS
dead. While Christ, our Christ, GU,
wounded Christ, our risen Christ, thu
Christ Of this old-fashioncd Bible-blessed
be his glorious name forever! our Chris,
stands this hour pointing to the hospital OF
to the asylum, saying: II was sick and "
gave me a crutch, l was bind and ye
physicaned my eye-sight l was orphaned
and ye mothered my soul, l was lost on
the mountain and We brought mo home; in
asmuch as We did 1t to one Of tho least o,
these, We did it for me-"
But I thank God that this plague o.
infdelity will be stayed. Many Of thos.
who hear me now by the Holy Ghost upor
their hearts will cease to be scoffers ant
will become disciples. and the day will
arrive when all nations will accept tn,
Scriptures. The book is going to keel
right on until the lrcs OF the last day ar,
kindled. Some OF them will begin ON on
! side and some on the other side Of the oil,
book. They will not find bundle Of loos
manuscripts easily consumed like tinde
thrown into the fire. When the fires o
! the last day are kindled, some will ON thi