Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-18

e"sni3 anu VontinuuWly AID pyayerfully
rad them without entering thcir disciple
snip. So put that internAl evidence para.
mount How arc You led to believe 10
ietter you receive from husband or wife or
child or friendf You know the handwfii-
lng. You know the style You recognize
the sentiment When tho letter comes,
yon do not summon the postmaster who
STAMPED u, and the postmaster who ~
ceirel It, and the lvttorcArrier who brought
II 10 your door 10 prove that Il is a genuine
letter. The internal evidence settles II, ana
by the same process you can forever settle
the fast that the Bible Is the handwriting
and communication o. the infinite God.
wKiGHTr TESTIMONY.
Furthermore, as / have already intimatcl.
we may inerease our faith By the testimony
OF others Perhaps We Of lessor brain may
have been overcome by superstition or ca.
ioled iuto an acceptance Of hollow pre-
tension Sol win this morning turn this
house into courtroom aud summon wit.
nesses, and you shall ba the jury, and |
now iinpanel you for that purpose, and l
will put upon the witness stand men whom
all the world acknowledge 10 he strong in.
tcllectuaily and whose evidence In any
other courtroom would be incontroyertihle
will not call to the witness stand any min.
diced.
There are two ways OF taking an oath in
n courtroom. One is by putting the lips to
the Bible, and the other ~ by holding up the
right hand toward heaven Now, as ia
this case 1t IA the Bible that is on trial we
Will not ask the witnerS TO put the book To
his lips, for that would Imply that the
sanctity anddivinity Of the book are settled,
aud that would be begging the question
So l shall ask each witness to lift his hand
toward heaven In affirmation
Salmon r. Chase, chief justice OF the su.
preme court OF the United States, appoint
ed BY President Lincoln, will take the wit
ness stand. "Chef Justice Chase, upon
your oath, please 10 state what you have to
say about the book commonly called the
Bible" The witness replies; 'Ihere came
time in my lite when doubted the dlvin.
ity OF the Scriptures, and resolved as q
lawyer and judge would try the book as
| would try anything in the courtroom,
taking evidence for md against 1t was a
long and serious and profound study, and
using the same principles OF evidence in
this religious matter as alwaysd do In sec
ulnr matters have come 20 the decision
that the Bible Is supernatural book. that
It has come from God, and that the only
safety for the human race Is to follow its
teachings Judge, that will DO. Go buel.
again to your pillow OF dust on tho banks
/ OF the Ohio
Next | put upon the witness stand a
/ PRECEDENT Of the United States--John
\ Quincy Adams president Adams what
have you to say about the Bible aud Chris.
tianityW The president repliesi ~ have
en-.
through the Bible once year My custom
Is to read four or 1--WE chapters every mnrn-
ing Immediately after rising from my bed.
It employs about an hour Of my time and
seems TO me the most suitable manner OF
beginning the day In what light soever
| we regard the Bible, whether with refor.
enoe to revelation, TO history or to morality
II Is an Invaluable and inexhaustible mine
Of knowledge and virtue"
Next put upon the witness stand sii
Isaac Newton, the author Of the "Prlncipia
and the greatest natural philosopher the
world has ever seen. "slr Isaac what have
you 10 say concerning the Biblei" The
philosophers reply Is, 1--WE account tn,
Scriptures of God TO be the most sublime
philosophy"
Next / put upon the Witness stand the
enchRntment OF letters, Sir Walter Scott
and when ask him what he thinks Of TIT
place that our great book ought to TAXI
among other books be replies. There is bul
one book, and that is the Bible"
Next put upon the stand the most ia
nous geologist OF all time, Hugh Miller, NJ
| elder Of DR.. Guthries Presbyterian church
Ia Edinburgh, and Farnday and Keppler
and they all testify 10 the same thing They
all say the Bible is from God, and that tho
mightiest influence for good that ever
touched our world Is Christianity.
chancellor Kent, what do you think Of
the Biblep Answer mo other book ever
addressed itself 80 auihoritutiyey and 20
pathetically TO tho Judgment and moral
sense OF mankind"
edmund Burke, what do you think Of
the BIbler Answer; II have read the Bi'
bic morning. noon aud night, and have ever
since been the happier and the better man
for such realizing"
Next / put upon the stand William Il.
Gladstone, the head OF the English govern
ment, and / hear him saying what ho mid
to me in January Of 1870, when, in reply Ia
his telegram. pray come 70 HAwarden to-
morrow visited him. Then and there
asked him as 10 whether, In the passage Of
Years. his faith in the Holy Scriptures and
OhrlStlhulLl WIS un btlt IltithHc VI hiNfttANi
and he turned upon me with an emphasize
and enthusiasm such AZ no one who has not
conversed with him can fully appreciate
and expressed by voice and gestnp and
illumined countenRnoe his ever Increasing
faith in God and the Bible aud Christianity
as the only hope Of our ruined world.
'srhis IL all, Mr.. Gladstone, we will take OF
your time now, for from the reports Of
what Is going on in England Just now
think you are very busy"
Tho next mau | put npon the witness
stand "a the late Earl OF Ktnlore, and | ask
him what he thinks Of Christianity, and he
replies; "why do you ask me thGt' Did
you not hear me preach Christ in the Md.
night Missiou' Of Londoni ooh, yesl ]
remombcrlp But sec many witnesses
present today in the courtroom, and call
YOU TO the witness stand, but have only a
second Of time for any one OF you. As
YOU pass along just give one sentence
N regard to Christianity. Under God
IL has changed my entire nature"
says one. ut brought me from drunk.
enness and poverty to sobriety aud
A good home,n AAys another. 1T solaeed
me when lost my child. ? says another.
ut gave me hope Of future treasures
when my property was swept OIL by the
last panic" says another. ut has gwen
me a peace and satisfaction more 70 me
than all the world beside" says another.
at has been TO me light and music and
fragrance aud radiant anticipation" says
l re.s. tia ttroaaaatgn of wit