The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-06

W snelr places; how empires were es-
taplshed; how nation fought with nation;
laVelin ringing against harbegop, until
inc earCh was CHASTITY with tho dead.
ou VIII see the coronation Of princes,
Inc triumph of congucrors, and tho
world turned upside down aud back
aSalh ana doWI again, cleft and SCARED
Win great asOnics OF earthquake aud
tempest and Eattle. 1T Is a wonderful
| history, putting 20 the b Lsh all others
IN The accuracy of It's recital and in the
slupendous events it records. Homer
and Ihucydidcs and Gibbon could make
great stories out of little events, but it
| took Il Moses to Ill how the heavens
| and the earth were made in one chap
ter, and to give the history OF thousands
OF years upon two leaves.
There are others who come to the
Bible merely rs anliquarlans. II you
come as an antiquarian, YOU VIII lind
great many odd things in the Bible
peculiarltcs OF manner and custom,
marriage and burial; ptculiarltcs OF
dress, tuniCs, sandals, crlsplnS pms,
amnlcts and grdlcs and tinkllng orna-
menta. If you come to look at military
arrangements, you will lind coats OF
mail and iavclins and engines OF war
and decentralization aud cncampmcnlS.
II you look for pcCuliat musical mstru-
ments, you will Ind psaitcrlcs and shig-
ionoths and rams horns. The antigua
rian will find II the Bible curiOsities IL
agriculture, and in commerce, and IL
art, and in religion that will keep hun
absorbed Il yrcaL while. There arc those
who come to this Bible as you would u
cabinet OF CuriCSllicS, and YOU pick up
this and say. wv hat Il strange sword
this is!' and "What Il peculiar hat this
Isl" and "What az unlocked for lamp
that Isl! and the Iib;c to such becomes
British museum.
Then there nrG others who lind moth
ing III the Bidle hut The poetry. Well,
II you come as q poo [, YOU will lind in
this book iaultlcss rllS thm, and bold inn
| agery, and startling ,tnlltheeis, and RAJ.
turous lyric, and swce. pastoral and in
struCtiVe narrative, and devotional
| psalm; thoughts tXprt sscd in Il style
more solemn than that of Montgomery,
moro bold than lEat oi Milton, more
terrible than that OF Dante, more natu'
rul than that Of Woldsworlh, moIe I'M.
| passioncd than that OF Pollock, more
tender than that OF COwper, more weirt
|
brings all the gems OF the earth into its
cCrOnet, ?nd II wcavcs the flames OF
| judgment in ils garland and p0llrs cter.
nal harmoniCs in It's rymth.
| Everything tins book touches it makes
beautiful, from u G plain stOnes of the
summer thrashlpg floor, and the daught
crs Of Major filling the trough for the
camcls, and the fish pools OF IIeshbon
up to the psalmlst prnising God will
| dlapasOn OF storm AMI whirlwind, an(
J0p leading forth Orion, ArCturus anC
| the Plciades. 1t is Il wonderful poem
anu 4 great many people read it as they
do Thomas Moore's "I.ana Rookn,' ,
and Walter 5000 's "Lady OF the Lake,
and Tcnnyson's "Charge Of the Light
Brigade" They sit down and are sc
absorbed IN looking at the shells on tho
shore that they Jorge TO look of on tht
great ocean OF Gods mercy and saliva
ton.
Then there is another class of persons
who come to the Bible As controversial
lists. The arc enormous Presbytcrians
or fierce Baplists or violen, Methodists
| They cut the Bible to Hllit their creed in
stead Of cutting their creed 10 suit tho
| Bible. If the Scriptures think as they
| do, well; if not, so much the worse iOl
u,Eo,N,aro Lilly, t,'o', ,a,t o tii> ,,,>
I;sscr,inn n,1 knirr nr w ron,, J nvnrsT - " 'rhn, ,
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w,r ,.on,ns in ,,,,,nr;n. ~ ,reon.,ls 60,
wnonon. and n,uni,;nro T,nnv h,ve
Gcrl,rcI "ver,,s,in,, wnr ,,oinst olI
other sccts, and they want so many
| howllzcr,, so many columbnds, so much
grape and canister. 80 many ticldeicces
| with which TO rake the field of dispute,
!or they mean to get the victory though
| the heavens be darkentd with the smoke
and tho earth rent with tie thunder
What do they care about the religion OF
the Lord Jesus Chrsl?
| have seen some sacu men come
| back from au ecclesiastical massacre as
proud OF their achievements as an Indian
warrior boasling OF thc number of scaip$
he has taken. have more admiration
| Tor man who goes forth with his fists
to get tie championship than l have iol
| ihoSn ,.,I,> ol,o an,