The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-21
POLICE CORRUPTION.
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torian did not u.s. scientific language,
, but used the language Of his times, the
language If appearance, az tha bfst We
hicle through which 10 convey tie great
essential truths aimed at
= That is 10 sag, The Bite Is an il.fGili-
bic guide 10 i5e-life herr, life LererfteF.
UGIT OK JIG GAWF
FirEt-Our text in tine declaration that
it Is a lamp implies unity in the reyela-
ton Of God. There is such unity in the
revelation Of God, and in this Book,
which covers sixteen centuries Of time,
there is a complete unity Of teaching in
this revelation as whole. 1t is not to
be wrested from its historic setting. but
it is to Ire read with the history Of the
world, as n part Of the history Of the
world. have no right 10 destroy this
unity by taking a text from Genesis and
> hooking it onto a sentence from Paul's
letter 10 the Romans, and on these two
amalgamatcd texts, separated by 900
years, to build q scheme Of historical
ecclesiasticisrn. The teaching Of thu
Bible Is unit. The morality Of the Bible
Is Its final morality. We say that it's
unity is a miracle. So it is. We must
not seek to destroy the miracle by dis
membering this unity by a jig saw proc
ess Of Interpretation. One Of the most
convincing evidences to my mind of the
divine origin of the Bible, its divine
bringing together and preservation, is
the fact that it has survived the methods
of its friends as well as of its enemies. It
lives the power unto salvation, in spite |
Of the interpretations Of such a man who |
took the text Gan austere man" and |
/ preached sermon on the life Of an oys- |
/ terman, all the way to the expert dis /
! putant who manages to rob the text of |
/ It's plain, direct meaning, and read into |
1t the fad incorporated from the modern |
world. In spite of ali this, there is so |
much of divine truth and light in the |
Book that 1t points out the way of life. |
the way of salvation, with unerring GER
tainty.
Second-''It is a lamp unto my feet"
1t is not skylight. 1t is not a rainbow
1t Is not an aurora borealis. 1t is not q
display of sacred fireworks for the de-
light of the imagination. 1t is divinely
practical Book. Its light is conferred on
the way of human life.
THE REVELATION OF MUSIC,
1t accords with the highest teachings.
the innermost breathings of the human
soul l like the company it keeps. Show
me man who has made the principles
OF the Book the counsel Of his life and |
viii show you a king among men, find
him where you will, in whatever nation, s
under whatever skies. 1t finds the soul s
OF man. 1t comes to the soul like the {
revelation of music. Tired and worn :
and oppressed with the world YOU sit +
and hear the masterpiece Of q great mu- ,
slclan rendered by the touch Of genius. 1;
Into your soul steals the divine melody, :
and the breath of the spirit of music / ,
breathes on the chords of the soul and r
your heart Is made into an H1olian harm
and the weary spirit is soothed by divine q
melodies! So this grand old Book po11rs T
into the soul Of man its breath divine .
and the.soul responds with its sweetest +
music G
&c reYOlutioniZes character under that s.
divine touch. 1t revolutionizes nations L
under that divine touch. Take the Book l.
and put 1t in the hands Of q savage tribe.
breathe 1t into their souls, and 90 back b
N hundred years, and from every hill Z
.op will CLEAN the spires of a church and
over every cradle there will be breathed 81
he prayer and hope Of Christian mother t,
lOod. -
President Gilman, Of Johns Hopkins eC
recently said that as an edu- lc
,ator he lonSed to see the day when the N
English Bible would be studied in every is
chooI of the land as text book, simply bt
because the wonderful story it records in
i the life of the race has power in pr
holding and fashioning the lives and th
thoughts of men, such as is possessed N
y no other literature extant,
INSPIRATION. it
If it be such an infallible guide to life
he question of verbal or plenary inspi, pc
alton or essential inspiration becomes -
t secondary Importance. If there is a
mde at the mouth of the great cave.
7ant to know before | enter if he is in.
aIllbie as guide. l want to know If y,
e has ever lost anybody in the cave. If
Is record Is uniInpeachabla and he ~
lands as an infallible guide to every n,
ook and corner of the dark cavern OF :
le earth which l desire to explore. ] Gu
ccept him as my guide Suppose ! Ii
louId refuse to accept such a guide on re
le ground that he did not understand re
lie veins IN the rocks. Suppose | should sic
amand OF him an explanation of the on
tterent periods of geology which might as
unfolded in the formation of that he
I'VE. Suppose that l should say re- as
Ise to allow man to pilot me through on
e earth unless he can analyze the dirt, Of
'ould this be reasonable? Would this VI,
scientific or philosophic? Would it Ni>
It rather be simply idiocy? Though -,
It a complete revelation of all mys- .n
ries human and divine, the Book is en- 1ft
ely sufficient to put all responsibility on
man. ga
THE ENGINES HEADLIGHT. an
1t is light on the way of life and it jus
lIiunlnes that way that a wayfaring VIII
IN, though fool, need not err therein, the
Is a locomotive headlight. whose fur
'am1ng rays are cenCered down the str
ell rails Of life. The headlight Of an
CINE sits in the focus Of q parabolic
Sror The mirror concentrates tba {
s and reconcentrates them at the To- itv
and sends all the light imDediatelv IT,
vn the track. 1t does not light the tho
escape on the right or the left. It ~.
S not 1llumine the mountain peaks 80 80
ough which the engine travels. but if iSSc
hight the engines track with infalli- c.L
accuracy. If the engineer srnashes o1tt
headlight because it does not light cut
mountain peaks and wrecks his train POI
$ responsible, not the headlight. We bes1
't hold to this book and cherish if are
Il those who have attacked it can viii
the world better guide to life. will
INGERsoLL AND TIE BIBLE a m
aety mortal man today to find such of
nlde outside the teachings of tbis vea,
You may go to the libraries of ina
world and search them through ev- 49,,
department = science, philosophy. p' ?
Dry, sociology, economics, fiction, -
iogy-and nowhere will YOU find VI