Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-27

other hand all the cebauchees, and
protligates and assassins of tie ages.
another unanimous verdict concerning
the Bible would be. Let 1t burn"
Mind you. l do not say that all infidels
are immoral. but do say that all the
I scapegrnccs and scsundrels of the uni
verse agree with them about the Bible
Let me vote with those who believe in
the Holy Scriptures. Men believe other
things with half the evidence required
to believe the Bible.
The distinguished Abner Kneelaad
rejected the Scriptures, and then put
all his money into an enterprise for the
recovery of that hocuspocus Capt
Kidd's treasures" Kneeland's faith fer
doing so being founded On a mans
statement that he could tell where
those treasures were buried from the
looks OF n glass of water dipped from
the Hudson river. Tho internal evil
dcnce Of the authenticity OF the Scrip
lures is so exact and so vivid that no
man, honest and sane, can thoroughly
and continuously and prayerfully read
them without entering their disciple
ship. So 1 put that internal evidence
paramount How are you led 10 believe
! in a letter YOU receive from husband or
wife or child or friend?
You know the handwriting. You
know the style. You recognize the
sentiment. When the letter comes you
do not summon the postmaster who
stamped IL and the postmaster who re
ccivcd il. or the letter-carrier who
brought II 70 your door 20 pfove that
IL is n genuine letter The internal ev-
idence settles IL, and by the same pro-
cess you can forever settle tho fact that
the Bible is the handwriting and com
munication OF the infinite God.
Furthermore, as | have already init
mated, We may increase our faith by
the testimony OF others Perhaps we
/ OF lesser brain may have been overcome
| by superstition or cajoled into an nc
ceptance OF n hollow pretension. So
will this morning, turn this house into
! a courtroom and summon witnesses,
and you shall be the jury, and now
| impanel you for that purpose, and
will put upon the witness stand men
whom the world acknowledge 10 be
strong intellectually, and whose evi-
dence In any other courtroom would
| be incontrovcrtible.
will not call 20 the witness stand
any minister of the Gospel for he
might be prejudiccd. There are two
ways of taking an oath in courtroom.
| One 10 by putting the lips 20 the Bible
and the other Is by holding the right
hand toward Heaven. Now, as in this
| case IL is the Bible that is on trial, we
| will not ask the witness 10 put the BIZ
/ BILE TO his lips. for that would imply
| that the sanctity and divinity OF the
| book ia settled, and that would be beg
/ ging the question. So / will ask each
witness to lift his hand toward Heaven
| in affirmation. Samuel T. Chase, chief
! justice OF the supreme court of the
! United States, appointed by President
Lincoln, will take the witness stand.
"Chief-Justice Chase, upon your oath,
please state what you have to say about
the book commonly called the Bible. Z"
The witness replies;
There came time In my life when
/ doubted the divinity of the Scriptures,
and l resolved, as a lawyer and Judge,
| l would try the book ~ / would try
anything in the courtroom, taking evil
| dence for and against II was long
and serious and profound study, and
using the same principles of evidence in
these religious matters as ALWAYS do
in secular matters, l have come To the
decision that the Bible is n supernat-
ural book, that il has come from God,
and that the only safety for the human
race Is 20 follow its teachings" Judge.
that will do. Go back again TO your
pillow of dust on the banks OF the
Ohio Next / put upon the wit
ness stand a president of the United
Stntcs-John Quincy Adams. "Presi-
ident Adams, what have you TO say about
the Bible and Christianity" The pres
ident replies: al have for many years
made il practice TO read through the
Bible once year. My custom is 10
read four or five chapters every morn
ing Immediately after arising from my
bed. 1t employs about an hour OF NV
time. and seems 10 me the most suita-
bic manner OF beginning the day. In
| what light socver we rcgard TO the
Bible, whether with reference to revel-
atioa, TO history or 20 morality, IL Is an
invaluable and ineNhaustible mine OF
knowledge and virtue" Next I nut
upon the witness stand Sir Isaac New
ton, the author Of the "Principia," and
the greatest natural philosopher the
world has ever seen. "Sir Isnac. what
have you TO say concerning the Bible2'
The philosophers reply is: 1--WE nc
count the Scriptures of God 20 be the
most sublime philosophy"
Nort / put upon the witness stand
the eschantment OF letters, Sir Walter
Scott, and when I ask him what he
thinks OF the place that our great book
ought 60 take among other books he
replies There Is but one book and
that ~ the Bible" Next ! put upon
the stand the most famous geologist OF
oil time. Hugh Miller, An elder OF DR..
Guthrie's Prcsby terian church. in Edin-
burgh, and Faraday, and Keppler. and
they all testify 10 tho same thing.
They all say the Bible Is from God and
that the mightiest influence for good
that ever touched our world IS Christi
anity. Chancellor Kent! What do
you think of the Bible?' Answer: mo
other book ever addressed itself so nu-
thoritatycly and so pathetically 90 the
Judgment and moral sense OF man
kind. Edmund Burke What do
you think Of the Bible?"
Answer: "l have rcnd the Biblo
morning noon and night and have
ever since been the happier and better
man Tor such reading" Next put upon
the stand William H. Gladstone. the
head Of The English government. and /
hear him saying what he said Co me
lu january OF 1890 when ir, r.,.f,. a.