The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-21
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-, BRooKLyN. Sept. 10..-This. fore
noon Rev. T. De Witt Talmage preached
to a thronged audience Id tho BROOKLYN
Tabernacle. The keynote OF the SER
vice was one, of gladness. MANY of the
audience had been absent during the
summer andHhad returned for this ser.
vice. The pastor commented on pas
Asages Of Scripture depicting the morn
Ing of tho worlds deliverance. The
subject.of The sermon was, 1.-THE Bat
tie Ours" the text being Kings
Xxx, 27. "And the children of Isreal
pitched before them like two little
aocks of kids"
With 33 kings drunk in one tent this
chapter opens. They were allies pl ot.
ting for the overthrow Of the Lords Is
real. You know that if a lion roar a
flock OF kids will shiver and huddle to-
gether. One .liontcould conquer IL
Z thousand kids. The battle opc us.
There are great multitude OF Syrians
nider General Ben. hadad, strong as IL
ons. The Isrealitese are few and weak,
: like two little hOcks OF kids. Who beat?
The lion, of course. Oh, no; the kids,
l:tor 1t all depends whether sod is on the
side OF The lions or tho kids. After the
battle 100000 Syrians lay dead on the
held, and 27 600 attempting to fly came
along by great wall, which toppled
and crushed them to death.
l,S1I ~,
Goliath's sword or little David's sling?
David had Eve smooth stones from the
brook. He only used one IN striking down
Goliath. He had a surplus of ammun-
ton; had enough to take down four
more giants if they had appeared in the
way" 1t all depends upon whether God
1s, on the side of the shepherd boy or ON
side of the giant.
There have been many in our day who
have ventured the opinion that Christi.
anity is falling hack, and that III 80
years 1T will be extinct. They found
their opinion on tho assumed fact that
the Bible is not rs much Of n book as it
used TO be, and that portions of it are
; repulslve TO the people. | reply by ask
ing which one of the publishing houses
OF New York, Phlladclph Boston or
Chicago is publishing the Bible today
with the omission Of a single verse or
chapter2 Are uot orr publishers intclli-
gent men? = "' ''' hey, contrary
TO their financial! ..-. .sts, continue TO
publish the Bible without the omission
OF a single chapteDor single verse if il
were becoming AZ unpopular hook and
the people Giiu not want ii?
If Harpers Or Appleton Or Scrbner or
lAppincott should publish Bible with
the omission OF one chapter, they would
not sell 10 copies n 10 years. The fact
that throughout Christendom there are
hundreds of printing pressos printing the
word OF God without the omission OF
chapter or verse proves that the BIZ
bic ls popular, and the fact that there
are more beng printed in this de-
cade than any other decade proves that
the Bible is Increasing III popularity.
go through the courtrooms of the |
country. Wherever L find judges |
bench or clerk g desk find the Bible.
BY what other book would they take
solemn oath? What is very apt to be
among the BRIDES presents? The Bible.
What is very apt to be put in the trunk
OF the young man when he starts for ci-
ty life? The Bible. Vollare predicted
that the Bible during the nineteenth
!
..re pretty nearly through the
h century; The Bible is not OBJ s
st. There is not much prospect ]
!comlnS obsolete, but | have 10 3
that that rOOm-the very room v
Voltaire wrote that prediction q
NE ago was CrCw0ed from 9
ling with Bibles for Switzer- 4
ose the congress OF the Unit ,
sOulI pass law that no b. a
,uld be printed IN tho United q
Cates. |
II there are 100000 gown men a
and women in the country, then there Il
would be $4,000, 900 people armed
against such law, But suppose the a
congress of the United States should Ii
pass law that MaCaulay's history or o
Charles Reade's novel; should not be o
read. Could YOU get halt rs large an o
armW In other words, there are, as YOU O
know and know, thousand men who s
would die for their Bibles where there n
are so men who would die for any 9th. y
er book. The fact that there are now II
more Bibles being printed than ever be- v
fore; that publishers find it linagcial k
interest TO continue the publication Of y
OF the Bible, proves that this book is Il
still the most popular book Oil the y an |,
ct. II
But" say those who arc Antagonists a
tic, "Christianlty is falling back, from G,
the fact that the church is not as much
respected as it used to be and is not as tc
influential" l reply to that with the 0
statistic that one cpominatlon-thc Il
Methodist chu ch-accordng to sta II
tlstic given Inc by one of their bishops -
dedicates on an average new church 6
every day of the year. Three hundred y
and sixty five new churches in one de- n
nomination IN q year, and over a thous. a,
and new churches bulh every year in "
this country. Does that look as though 8;
the church were failing in It's power and p
were becoming a wornout institution? C.
Around which institution in our commu- {
nitles gather the most ardent affections? i
the post Office, the hotel, the court O