The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-21

1 upon the witness stand men whom ali ~
wosin acKnowledge 10 be 81 rong lntsllec, n Ills
nnn whoss evidence In any other courtroo-,
", O" ,S nr ihcontroyertible. 7 will not 81,
~ ~ % tne Wunsss stani ans minister of ,he
"1spei, 10. no might be- prejuiiced.
inere are two ways Of taking an o,,l, 4, n
rp1uur'room. pu' One is by putting the lips TO the
binie and the other Is by holdin, up the
r'ght hand towiri heaven. Now. as In thls
case " Is the Bible that Is on trial. w, will
NJ mos "sS the witness to put tho book to his
hps' Tor that would imply tha. tho San City
and divinity OF the book IL settlad. AMI ,b,,
would bo begging the question. 50 I shall nsk
each witness TO LIT HIS hand towarl heaven
In Affirmation.
Saimon II. Chase. chief Justice OF tho su-
Preme court of the United States appo.nte
py PRESIDENT Lincoln. will take the wl,nsss
stand Chief Justice Chase. upon vour
uatn, please state what you hsvst to ssy about
tha book commonlv called tho Biblcr The
witness repliess "There came n time In my
i,ie when doubted the divinity OF the Scrlp.
lures. ani resolved. as n lawyer nm In loo
4 would try the book ~ I would try anythiny
IN IN" courtroom, taking evidence for anil
ngainSt. u was long an serious and pro
lounh study. and using the same principles
OF evidence In this religious matter ,s I si
ways 90 IN secular matters have come 10
the decision that the Bible IL n supernatural
nooi, that u has come from Col anil that
tne Only SAFETY for the human race IN to fol-
low its teachin -" "Jnlg,. that will do
80 hacS again TO you- pillow o. dust on Ia,
banks OF the Ohio.
Next put upon tde witness s.Snia P-,si-
drnt % the Unite States-John Ouincov
Adams. President Adams. what have Won 20
say about the Bible snl Christianity" The
President replies, II hay, for many vsnrs
made II y pTi'tic5 20 rea 4 through the DIble
once year. My custom il to read four or
nNe chapters every morning immedtatcIy
nier arising ron my bel. Il employs about
an hou- OF my time and seems TO mo tn,
most suitable manner os beginning the day
In want Hight sOever wa rsgarl the Blhlr
whether with reference TO revelation, to his
tory or TO morality. II IL nm inyalus,la ami
inrShaustible mine OF knowleiga and virtue. '
Next J pu, upon the witness stnnI Sir
lsinc Newton. the author of the ''Prnripia"
AMI th" greatest natural philosopher tho
world mas ever seen. ''Sir Islrc what have
you 10 say concerning IN" Biole?' The
philosophers reply IL. We ac,oun. the
SCRIPTURES OF Cod to br the most sublime
philosophy
Next put ipon th' witn's stand tho GU
chaniment ol lpttnrs. Sir Walter scott. and
wnpn ask him what hp THINKS o' tho plu,,
that ou- great book ought to take among
o;her books he replies. "rJerr is bur one
boos. and that isihr Bible.
Next put upon the stand tae most famous
geologist o' all time. Hugh Miller. an elder
OF Dr. Guthries Presbyterian church in T. I.
IN 'ursh. and Fa-dday AMI kspler and they
AL testt y TO the same thing. They all say
the Bible from God. and that tho migh;ir~t
influence for good that ever toiched our
world IL Christianity.
Chancellor Kent. wnnt do YOU thinI OF
tho Bible!' Answer "No other book ever
addressed itself so authorita:iyelv AMI so
pnthetically To the judgment AMI moral sens
of mlnSini."
"E inund Burke. what do YOU thint of the
BiblnU Answer II have read the Bible
morning, noon and night. AMI have ever
since been the happier AMI the better man
!or such reading.
Next put utupon the stdnl William T.. Glad.
stone. the head OF the English government.
ana near him saying whit he said to me- Ia
JANUARY OF 1890. when In reply To his telp-
gram, "Praycome to Hawarlen tomorrow"
l visited him. Then AMI there asked him
MS 10 whttler In the passage Of years HIS faith
In the Hoy Scriptures and Christianity was
on the increase or decrslse. ani he turnsi
upon me with an emphasis and enthusiasm
sn'sh ~ no QUE who has not copy.rsed with
him can fully appreciate and expressed BY
voice and gesture and ilumined countpnan %
his ever increas ng faith in God and the Bible
ana Christianity MS the only hone of ou-
ruined world. THAT Is all. Mr.. Glads.onr,
we will take oi your time now. for. from the
reports OF what is going on in England just
now. think YOU ars very busy"
The sulphurous graves of Solom ami
Gomorrah have been Identified. The r.
mains OF ths tower OF Babel have been
found. Assyran documents lifted from the
sand AMI Behistun inscription hundreds of
feet high up on the rock echo ani rt-erho
the truth OF Bible history. The signs OF the
time Indicate that almost every fact oi the
Bible from lid TO It'd will lind its corroJora.
tion in ancient city disrntombed. or ancient
wall cleared IRON the dust ofages. or ancient
document unrolled 10y archRolosist
Before the world rolls on as far into the
twentieth century rs II has already rolled
into the nineteenth an inlldel will be n man
who does not believe his own senses, and the
volumes now critical and denunriatory of
the Bible. II not entirely devastated by the
boos-worms. will be- taken down from the
shelf ~ curositieS OF ignorance or idiocy
All success To the pickaXes and crowbars and
powder blasting oi those apostles OF archm)-
logical exploration ] like the ringing de-
flance Of the old Huguenots to tho ass1iants
OF Christianity; Pound away. you rebels
Your hammers break, but the anvil of Coils
worl stands"
How wonderful the old book hangs to-
gether. II is n library made up o: TO books
and written by az least 30 authors IL Is q
gethcr Take the writings OF any other 30
authors, or any 10 authors. or any o authors.
and put them together. and how long would
they stay together? Books o; elegant ex-
tracts compiled from many authors are
proyerbially short lived. | never knew one
such book which to use the publishers
phrase, ''hai life In it, for five years.
Why Is II that the Bible made up OF the
writings OF at least 80 authors, has kept to-
gether for u long limo Of centuries when the
natural tendency would have been TO fy
apart like loose sheets OF paper when IA gust
OF wind blows upon them? II is because God
stuck them together and keeps them to-
eether. But for that Joshua would have
wandered of in one direction. AMI Paul into
another, and Ezekiel into another, and lIa-
bakkuk into another, and the 80 authors in
TO 30 directions.
Put the writings OF Shakespeare and Ten
nyson and Longfellow, or any part ofthem,
together. How long would they stay to-
gether? No book bindery could keep them
together, But the cannon Of the Scripture
Is loaded now with the same am munition
with which prophet ana apostle loaded 1t.
Bring me all the Bibles Of the earth into
one nile md blIndfOld me so thar cannot tell