Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-09-21


son do not summon the postmaster who
stamped Il, and the postmaster who re-
xired It, and the letter carrier who brought
TO your door 70 prove that It Is . genuine
etter. The internal evidence settles il. aud
~ the same process you can forever settle
he fact that the Bible Is the handwriting
md communication Of the infinite God
wEIoHTY TESTIMONY.
Furthermore, as have already intimated,
Ise may increase our faith by the testimony
II others Perhaps we OF lesser brain may
lave been overcome by superstition or ca
Ioled into an acceptance of a hollow pre-
ension. So will this morning turn this
house into a courtroom and summon wit
lesses, and you shall be the jury, and /
row impanel you for that purpose, and
will put upon the witness stand men whom
all the world acknowledge to be strong In
ellectually and whose evidence In any
)ther courtroom would be incontrovertible.
I will not call to the witness stand any min
ster of the gospel, for he might be preiu-
iiced.
There are two ways Of taking an oath in
courtroom. One Is by putting the lips to
ihe Bible, and theother is by holding up the
light hand toward heaven. Now, as in
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tonchad orr world ;s Christianity
q 1CborcoIlor Kent what do Won think nj
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9 natheticallv 10 the ipdgmant and mora
4 sense Of ,oant;nd
4 "Ednund BURKE what do vou think nj
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l hIe Toorn;no noon and night and have eve,
2 s;nce heen The bannier and the better mar
= for s,ch reading ),
Npxt T nnt upon the stand William r
I Gladstone the head of the English govern
q n,ent and 7 hear him SAVING what he saif
q 70 me- in January of 1soO when in renlv II
his telegram sPrav come toN Hawarden r.
,,orroyy r visited him Then and there
: aslro5 hin, nc 70 vbether in the nassaoa q
years Teors h;s faith in the Holy Scriptures ani
rhr;stianitv was or the increa 90 or decrease
and he turned mon me with an emnbasi
g a,,d o,,tbrsias,,, sncb as M ono xvbo bas no
! ao,,varsod With him can fpllv annrac;at,
d snd avnrossed bv VOICE and gestnre an,
5 iI,,r,;,e5 M conrtanance his ever increas;n,
d faith in God and the Bible and Cbristianit,
= &c The only hone of onr rn;ned world
0 ssThis ia oil Mr. Gladstone we will fake q
Q vorr t;noa now for from the renorts q
g rha+ q oo;ro ~, Il, Enoland inst now
y thinI ro,, are yery b,,sy y,
d Tha naxt n,an mt unon the vitnes
s+and ;s AZ ,ata Eori ~ Kintora and r asl
{ him what he thinks of Cbristianity. and q
4 replies: why do you ask me thatf ~
l. you not hear me preach Christ IN the 'Mrd
It night Mission OF Londons on, yes!
r rememberE But l see many wltnesse
i present today in the courtroom, and cal
e you to the witness stand, but have only
l. second OF time for any one OF you. A