The Baptist headlight., 1893-10-01
~ the Tabernacle

.ernacie. los los service was one of glad
u Many ;ng i the summer and had re-
eut dlrl1bii mis- service. The pastor
ned leed ~ Ion on passages Of Scripture
openlea.h .ho % morning Of the worlds
dctlng - The subject of the SER
rersne.stTi .tTbe Battle Ours" the text
u va Amos Xxx, q, "And the chill
ing Ihsrasl nae pitched before them like
ls llialg gbfirty-three.kings drunk in one
Fltln: VIA rbapter opens. They were
VI ins nI,ttinr for the overthrow OF the
es ploSo,l pg0voal You know that if lion
Jrs dScp aStr Of kids will shiver and
prsa nOvn n.Oorother. One lion could con
aifie ] VI thousand kids. The battle
se : Tbere are a great multitude
pss. 80. under General Ben-hadad,
sliasl lions. The Israelites are few
ssng aS ike two little tlocks Of kids.
Esaat9 The lion, of course. oh,
ag ] Dos;d lids for it all depends whether
q " = the side of the lions or the
ed sVI aftar the battle 100000 Syrians
ra = Am N the field, and 27,0OO, at
Y asau s;ns II ay. came along by great
= ma T6ich toppled and crushed them
aese. aa;ab was the stronger weapon
essnoath's sword or little David's
!, nayid had five smooth stones
s4 I'M brook. He only used one in
NJ ~ urdown Goliath. He had a sur
slA.Ifs = ssrmunitiOn; he had enough to
i d0rn four more giants if they had
y assrsd ~ ii the way. 1t all depends
reather God is on the side of the
a3snberd boy or on the side Of the
Ts,a have been many in our day
,aSsye rentured the opinion that
n,i.tisnity ' is falling back, and that
,ssv wears it will be extinct. They
snitheir opinion on the assumed
sMsthat M the Bible is not as much of a
hRmit used to be, and that portions
aawe repulsive to the people. | re-
srr VIM asking which one of the pub
sTr houses of New York, Phila-
ma Boston, or Chicago is publish
mAe Bible to-day with the omission
I,sprle verse or chapter? Are not
rmbiishes intelligent men? And
whitley, contrary to their financial
rssss, continue to publish the Bible
.rmt the omission Of single chap
yassingle verse if it were becom-
nnnpopular book and the. people
zlt want it.
lHapers or Appleton or Scribner
slIWincOtt shuold publish Bible
hhe omission of one chapter,
kruld not sell ten copies in ten
M The fact that throughout
0sEbm there are hundreds OF
fgresses printing the word of
erlut the omission of a chapter
hR proves that the Bible is pop
AMthe fact that there are more
sFnted in this decade than any
sdecade proves that the Bible is
nShg in popularity.
A Popular Book.
gathrough the courtrooms of the
aaaE Wherever | find a judges
Aa ora clerks desk find the Bible.
Watcher book would they take
ManA 0athg What is very apt to be
MIG the brides presents? The
sae What is very apt to be put in
Haunkl0i the young man when he
.Is lOr city life? The Bible. Vol
~ peulcted that the Bible during
i u aalne'eenth century would become
saa.ls OssOlSle N book. Well, we are pretty
Ssa. So through the nineteenth CEN
ss,aae w.. bible Is not obsolete vet.
rn;an rsse y Y nOt much prospect Of its be-
Y. 80 II obsolete, but have to tell you
.,ish Wy Va. oon-the very room in
.ns-;'aalre ~ ;sv''alre wrote that prediction
as;;l e.uu asO was crowded from floor
~aa s,''ug with Bibles for Switzerland.
80 sle Congress Of the United
n u elullla pass law that no Bibles
II gas q printed in the United States.
,aa .au'o are 5O,OO0,000 grown men
'len = m m the country, then there
\, Y MCOO,OOO people armed
~ Il susn u. 2 law. But suppose the
30 The United States should
: - IN mat Macaulay's history or
neade's novels should not be
os. syau You get half as large an
A, n s1s g learth as large an army?
no~ meruss there are, as you know
ss. thousand men who would
sea slelr Bibles where there are
n mo would die for any other
hHho aet that there are now
n. s'sses ~ being printed than ever
la1 publishers find it a finan-
..;e sss9 Tor them to continue the
~ Oi the Bible, proves that
nIssI sIlll the most popular book
ay those who are antaeonis-
assSal sslSssian'ty is falling back, from
49, lae the church is not as much
ests, = = y used TO be and is not as
ii !. reply TO that with the
Af;.s saat y, one denomination-the
6ssa a.narch-according to a sta
stas = !. ile Dy one of their bishops,
y Az y y an average new church
frs.e u tne year. Three hundred
sssioa I've new churches in one de-
Aw !, u year, and over a thou
aabt.un n'lrcnes built every year in
Aeah. Does that look as though
ssrs hare we're falling in its power
Aeo~scomlng wornout institu-
>snIseun which institution in our
sooss gather our most ardent
a+ The postotfice, the hotel,