The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-10
some KINDS OF FOOLS.
The Worst. Dr.. Jackson
Thinks, Are Those Who
Assail the Bible.

This destruction of The roll containing
Jeremiah's prophecy concerning the
downfall of King ieho!akim of Israel,
gave the Rev. DIR. Jackson of the He'd
ding NJ. L. Church a theme for his yes
terday mornings discourse. During the
course of his sermon. DR.. Jackson re-
marked that the Bible was not given us
simply as a book of curiosity to stir up
investigation. Nor WAS it a book Of
science; though the closer 1t was studied
the more thoroughly it corrohorated
science. 1t was not u book OF history,
yet nothing would ever be found to In
validate it's historical accuracy. Critics
might attack certain points, vorious de-
nominations might penEnife certain por-
tions, but taken through and through
nothing could be found as invalidaei ig
tae facts given for the purpose for which
it Was given US.
Jeholakim becume angry and destroyed
the roll of Jeremiah's prophecy because
IL described his sins anu predicted the
downfall TO which he was fastening,
The minister did not see any necessity
for apologizing for the use of the word
fool as applied to Jehoaikim. Those who
attacked the Bible were sinners, aud the
word fool is applied to such siXty-two
times in the Book of Proverbs alone.
The sinner disliKed 60 be told that be was
a sinaer.
KINDS OF FOOLS.
In preparing his sermon DR.. Jackson
said he fell to cataloguing the different
kind of fools. The Car Of Russia was Il
fol for requiring that before the Russian
newspapers were distributed they should
be scrutinized By government officials
aud every article criticizing the admins
alton scissored therefrotn. The Car
was thus kept in Ignorance himself. Mrs.
james Brown Potter was a fool for refus-
ing 10 accept a painting from a celebrated
Partisan painter. because 1t did not fiatter
her. 1t W s too true a Likeness. The
ostrich was a fool for imagining that be-
cause its head was buried In the sand its
eutire body was Invisible to the pursuing
herseman. King Jehoiakin. did not even
want to hear the prophecy through, but
as soon as three or four leaves had been
read TO him, he slit the roll with q knife
and cast it into the fire. Had he waited
until The end of che reading and prohted
by its words, he might have found some
thing comforting in 1t.
THE BIBLF INDEsTRUcT1BE.
The speaker drew much consolation
from the fact that although the roll was
destroyed by JenoiakIrn, the prophet. had
had 1t rewritten aud it was yet preserved
TO US. Tine Bible. he declared, was in
desiructlble. Critics might assail it for
ever, but it could not be destroyed. Even
the house in which Voltaire wrote his
dIatribes against it was now used as a
Btole House. More Bibles were being
printed today than ever before. while
hooks OF infidelity and atheism were
being reIegarei TO the top and out of the
way shelves of the libraries. The soldier
might go on TO war and return with mis-
bosom covered with medals aud his body
with scars, but the Bible had been
through al almost continuous conflict
and yet wore no scars.
"When / go to bed at night" said the
speaker, II know that wnen 1 shall arise
in the norntng | shall see the old Orange
Mountain still standing there. [ am
hot afraid that during the night someone
will cut it DOVE aud carry it ava Ia his
little wheeibarrow. Nor do [ lose any
sleep for fear someone will carry off the
grand old Atia0fic id a pint cup. That
grand old Bible Will stand tue tests OF
scholarship forever, and the more iG is as
sailed the stronger It will grow.