Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-09-21
AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR.. TALMAcE TELLS HOW TO RE-
ENFORCE OUR FAITH.


The First Mode OF Accomplishing This IL
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s,Tny ~ ,~hsy, ,.a he was told that fhe reason
sor - nv not not hs,no present on a celebrated
dav In Rrool Ivn was that ON that dav had
sailed for the Holy land aWhv 40 Won
saw thaty, inonired some one NV milf
tarv friend renlied. "Oh. he win be disillu-
STONED when he GETS amid the soualor and
cpmmonnlace scenes Of Palestine. and his
faith will be shaken In Christianitv. for
that fs often the resnltn The great GEN.
eral misiudoed the case.
went 10 the Holv Land for the one mr.
Nose NJ having NV faith strenothened and
that was the resnlt which came of Il. IN
ALI our iournevin0 In ali our reading In
ali onr sssociations In ALI our nIans au0-
mentatdon. rather than the denletion of onr
faith. should he our chief desire. II is easy
enough To have our faith DESTROYED. / can
give Won a recipe for it's obliteration. Read
intidel books have long and frequent con-
yersations with skeptics. attend the leo
lures of those antagonistic to religion, give
full swing to some bad habit, and your
faith will be SO completely gone that you
will laugh at the idea that you ever had
any. If YOU want to ruin your feith, you
can do 1t more easily than you can do any
thing else.
After believing the Bible all my life
can see plain way by which in six weeks
could enlist my voice and pen and heart
and head and entire nature in the bonn
bardment of the Scriptures, and the church,
and ALI now hold sacred That II IL easv
To banish soon and forever all ,respect for
the Bible proye bv the fact that SO many
have dome n They were not narticnlarlv
brainv nor had esnecial force Of will Int
tbev 81 tborouohlv accomnlisbed tbe over
throw of their faith that thew have no mora
idea that, tbe Bible ia true or that Chris
tiauity amounts to ANYTHING than they
have in the truth of the sArabian Nights,
Entertainmentsn or the existence of Don
Ouixote,s "windmills." They have de
stroved their faith so thoroughly that they
never will have n returp of II
Fifty revivals of relioion NAV sween over
hecity, the town. the neiQhborbood where
tbev live and thew will feel notbin1 but q
silent or exnressed DISGUST There are ner.
sons in this bonse today who on wears aoo
cove nv, their faith and thew will never re,
enna Il The hlach and deem toned hell n
DOOM hangs over their head and T take The
bamroor of that hall ond 7 str;ka n three
t;uec With ali NV MIGHT and n soundc
"WoeI woei woeIs Rnt INV wish and The
wish of most Of Won ia the nra ver exnressed
Inv the discinles 10 .Tesns Christ In tbe
words of nv taxt "T,ord increase nm,
Saitb -
, STUDY THE BIBLE.
The first mode of ACCOMPLISHING this il
to study the Bible itself. do not believe
there is an infidel now alive who has read
the Bible through. But as 80 important 8
document needs to be read at least twict
through in order that it may be thoroughly
understood. and read in course, I now offel
500 reward to any infidel who has read tht
Bible through twice and read it in course
But cannot take such a mans own wort
for 1t. for there is no foundation for integ
rity except the Bible, and the man who re
jects the source of truth, how can accep
his truthfulness?
So must have another witness in th
case before give the reward. must hav,
the testimony of some one who has seer
him read it all through twice. Infidels fisl
in this Bible for incoherencies and contra
dictions and absurdities, and if you fine
their Bible you will see interlineations il
the book of Jonah and some of the chap
ters of that unfortunate prophet nearl,
worn out by much use, and some parts O
II Samuel OF l Kings you will find din
with finger marks, but the pages whicl
contain the Ten Commandments, and th
psalms OF David, and the sermon on tn
mount, and the book of John the Evan
gelist will not have a single lead penci
stroke on the margin nor any finger mark
showing frequent perusal.
The father of one of the presidents of th
United States was pronounced infdel
knew it when many years ago accepte,
his invitation to spend the night in hi
home. Just before retiring at night he SAT-
in jocose way, II suppose you are accus
toned to read the Bible before going t
bed, and here is my Bible from which t
read.n He then told me what portions h
would like to have me read, and he onl
asked for those portions on which he coul
easily be facetious.
You know you can make fun about any
thing. suppose you could take the las
letter your father or mother ever wrote an
find something in the grammar, or the spell