The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-04-12


depreciation of the Scriptures has been
signed, sealed, and delivered with the
blood OF the martyrs. Sing 0, heaven
Shout o, earth-the Bible is freeman is
emancipated!
The gospel is preached without let or
hindrance, in the citadels OF former OPP
preston and tyranny. The gates are not
ajar-but the doors are wide open, and
no man shutteth. Higher, and higher
the sun of progress rises towards the ZEN
ith-drawing its light from the Bible,
which
Selves a light to every age
II gives, but borrows none"
The soul of man redeemed, rejoices in
hope of the glory of God. The christian
family gathers about the holy alter for
the morning and evening sacrifice.
Churches-moral light houses, with pin
acle and spire pointing heavenward, and
riftiug the clouds, are dotting the world,
The school house, the college, the univer-
sity, with the Bible as text book, are
birthrights Of the people. The house of
correction for the erring boy, the hospit-
al for the sick, the Home for the Widow
and Orphan, place of refuge for the
fallen, beautify city, town, and village.
An open Bible has led, and is advancing
the civilization of the world. In its wake
have followed the steam vessel, the now
er, the thresher, the railroad, the tele-
graph, the telephone.
The Bible, after ages of darkness, has
appeared again in the Lords Land-and
the railroad is running from Joppa to Je-
rusalem.
Livingston the missionary, and STAN
ley the explorer, have mapped out the
dark continent. Bible and missionary
are going into its meshes, and miasma,
and the railroad is measuring its lines
and curves, from coast to center. The
sound of the church-going bell rings out
upon her morning air, and the vesper
song arises from newly made affairs.
A second pentecost has fully come; and
we do hear them speak in our own ton
CUES the wonderful works OF God. We
are all amazed, saying one to another,
what meaneth this? We hear from Mar
tin Luther, and long line OF those set
for the defense of truth; we hear from
the grand old English Bible of 1911, we
hear of Mary Jones the peasant girl of
Wales, and the British and Foreign Bible
Society of 1904, we hear of the American
Bible Society of 1916; of the now 200 BIZ
BILE Societies of the World, for printing,
translating and printing, and the circula-
ting of the Holy Scriptures in 225 lam
guages and dialects out to ev-
cry possible point of the compass, more
than six millions of volumes per year.
"The Lord gave the Word, and great was
the company of those that published it."
The clinking OF the presses, and the
throwing off of the leaves of healing for
the nations, salute the ear of the Gar Of
all the Russias They are heard in the
shadows of the vatican, They are awak-
ing the slumber OF the ages, Of ancient
Greece and her isles,--arresting the
course of "Arabia's desert ranger,"-vi-
brating upon the ear Of the Mikado, and
saluting she Indian empire in sixty trans
lations. The musical sound may be
heard by the 800 millions of the celestial
empire.
The oceanic worlds have received the
law for which they waited so long, and
the stiffness of Africa is broken, by the
going forth of the Word of the Lord.
Christianity is reading her Scriptures
to thousand millions of earth's popula-
ton. The morning bells of Christian
churches on the continents, and from
Christian vessels on the oceans, are audi
BILE to each other, around the globe.
Looking around the earth, there may
be seen line of unbroken Christian
light from the Yosemite to the Sandwich
Islands, Australia, Japan, India, through
the great Canal, tothe Bosporus, through
Germany and England, across the Allan
TIC"
II the Bible has acted so important a
part, in the affairs OF men and nations
II its moulding influence has been 80
great, socially, intellectually, and moral
ly, il it is the friend OF learning, science
and art, il it presents the highest and
purest standard of morals known, if il
dictates pure sound philosophy, harmo-
nizing with enlightened reason, il it SO
faithfully guards the citadel OF conscience
and sustains thought and mind, in inves-
tigation, research, and analysis, II the
truth and teaching guarantee the birth
right to everyone, everywhere, of the
private Interpretation OF its marvellous
revelations, il its whole tendency is to ell
evate and purify, II 1t is woman's best
friend everywhere, and always-then
should the citizen, the philanthropist
the patriot ever give it earnest thought
prayerful study, and heroic defense. Ev-
err keep it open, and on the highway Of
travel
U. S. Grant wrote to Sund.y-SchooI
convention "To the influence OF this book
we are indebted for all the progress made
in true civilization, and to this we must
look as our guide in the future-Right
eousness exalteth nation, but sin is 4
reproach 10 any people"