New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-02
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lyn pastor. delivered an ADDRESS Oh lHS iD'D4~
A Fact Calling for Faith"
Mr. Moody welcomed the thousand or more
visitors expressing his delight that the Bible was
TO be discussed at the openins or the building.
He said that the building would not be dedicated
until IL was paid cor. Some OF his friends mad
told him that the building was too large. Every
building which he had erected here had been too
small God had gone far ahead OF his iacts'
he said For once thought l would take
long step ahead"
Among the clergymen on the platform TINS
evening were the Rev. DIS Arthur T. Person
Of Philadelphia T 5. Hamlin Of Washington
Wilson Phrasier and John r. Davies OF New
York and Dr. Mabie. Ct Boston
d. L. Moody was in the building during the
af,arnoon listening to his fellow worker. Ira ID.
Sankey. as he tested the acoustic properties VI
the new building used to-day for the first time
Mr. Sankey had no trouble in being heard III 'he
farthest corner of the building MIR Moody said
1ha. this wear the speakers were to discuss the
foundation doctrines of Christianity beginning
to-day with the Bible. The address to-morro"
will be The Atonement. "Justhcauoh'
Faith" Prayer" The Holy Spirit and Tine
Kingdom" are among the other topics announced
Dr. Gregg preached from the text, The Noru
OF the Lord is tried" Psalms xviii ~. After
answering In the affirmative the two questions
Have We the book which God originally gave
and may we call translation OF the ors'ha
book the B.be?" the preacher said.
Here is the Book and l claim that it is the Book
of God. What arguments have as pillars Tor my
faithy Let me present three. You douDtleSs WI
Ihink OF Of Phe Too Waiter Scott upon death
bed said: There IS but one book ana ne aSkcu
his friends to read him from IL ischHln5 AV'ii
the Bible was TO Walter Scott preparation Iot u!i
,ne and Waiter sc9tt was r" d nl boos Carlyle
SAID. There vas never any other book hKe me
Tbnn - voung man said to him. There is nothing
remarka6le m the Book Of Proverbs. CARVE 5 re-
ply was Make few proverbs ana ! y" "''' '''''"
differently OF the book"
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.
Why is il that this one Book has outived the
libraries of the past and is more IN use TO-DAY Una"
any book in the libraries OF the nineteenth cen
fury? The reason is the law OF the srViVai Oh
the fttest regns among books. 1t does not 'o"l-
nrise IN bulk srnore than the three-hundredth part
~ the Greek and Roman literature eXtaTt and yet
it has attracted and concentrated more tHoISIiiI
unon itself and has produced more books than an
.peap md Pomon literature combined. II STANDS
solitarv in that it is the book OF antiquity
me as though il came from the Cod of the ages.
1t Is wonderful how many undiscoyeEcG HnTS %
wealth in the scriptures sun, anu mom ,hi.gs
striking them. Just as IN nature, man ,ntf
continue hidden away from Ihg en- y Newton or
the appointed time comes rounl anu h,n Amt
an Edison makes patent what mas IohS Dton A1 ,
is ALWAYS in advance Of the thought ana putpose
OF the age. just as nature Is III az Iigio,s
1bonehf in the present century IS seen in me de-
veiopinen of that charity and lDeraSy %h ahac T'
But when we open the Bible. 10. there IS c har.E
and lberality shining on ihe ba, e crnf,res should
have passed before il was recOgnize9 h,
the princples which have built these were n ne ne
Bible from ths beginning II mas "een She con-
tsins has been written in ymp9he'G INK or ngs wa
until the time should COM whc g nm Iny "o''1
ready to receive new heritage oil uu'H'
CRITICISM CRITICISED
d., ,h,s o,g,ment. the solitarincss Of the Bible
,,tend for the critics Of the Bible We call our
ace critical age. and think we are compinentns
g. The compliment is not the highest Inc crlcHi
faculty does a needed work. and is not 10 De u'
spised but after all it is a very small part OF a
man. A great critic may be s ina oo man
critical may be an Inferior age rtt}Sl fac
I've faculty is much nooier than ,nf ~ g., w.,
ulty. and UNNECESSARILY more vamapis IN ,noohIer
is an easy thing to destroy bur II laKes Sn ,nco ~
but Butt; it takes god to form and paint flower o,,l
70 impress upon tne Uf'a.r " solt.srv
and until he can construct book that Is us eqai.
that is its better serving 'he nu,p ma human race
Mai II does for the human he had better ie'
W., T@ Rble stand in its solitary grandeur ard power
The man who attempts TO construct us sqId. WI
see how much Of God there Is in u. anu no" iae
maiesiy Of their intellect could equal T. men /
would say. ut Is human book Dn' s1eas ,,,si
r. I must say 1T is a Divine book rs sollarii--
ress is the argument Of It's DIVINITY NJ Io va t
You can match the Book why should CIV t s,
Book UP? # YOU took from me he W, bo co, Wi'
Snd .ex.s Sor this pulpit? And where could ind
truth vherewith 70 bind the conscience OF 'ns
they go out into the world moral hbre suihc o,
70 conq3er the 'empt9'50nWS b o cnnl5 do a.
STOOD AZ the ew-nade grave of my beloved dcaI
il you robbed me Of The SUPPORTING ys Sn, T woG
do n III, my Pwh spd the fifteenth chapter Of
of 'nripf
ur NRx dear feIow-man shall hold on 70 the Book
he,ter book comes along. shall believe IN Il as "A
OWE DOI hook which is unquestionaby its equal
and thus proves It to be human thing.
MARVELLOUS UNITY OF THE BOOK.
NV second argument is the construction and
contents of the Book In treating the CONSTRUCTION
of the Book | ask you 10 look at but one thlhs'
viz the unity Of The Book There are siXty-sX
separate writings in the volume. yet there Is a
unity Of purpose from the beginning 10 the end
There are over forty writers. yet The morality OF
the Book Is one. and the way Of salvation is one
and the aim OF life Is one IheSr lor1 yooo "lIo.l'
We're scattered through period OF almost 100 years
some OF them wrote Tnillenniuns apart yet not one
contradcted the other The Ola Testament con-
Contains the Ola Testament. In the Ola Testament
the Gospel Is ike mountain vSied IN mis- 1h S@gP
ana the breadth OF the Gospel are there In the
ne rnist has merged into the imperial blue Of the
heavens and the cloudy day has given piace 10 the
cleor 1av The Book q Whole rs not Ike n coffee
tion of writings: it Is organism IN which every
mart is necessary, and no part incidental or uh-
serviceable All this suggests In our mind ques-
ton and that IS the reason present IL ms IS
the question suggested Who superintendent the CON
struction of this Book the centuries and brought
IL forth in symmetrical shape? Who but God could
live 1900 years superintend II?
GOD AS REVEALED BY HIMSELF.
Passing from the construction Of the Bible we
take up the contents OF the Bible. Bu' here must
limit myself to one thing-to the COG Of the Book
The God revealed I'm the Book is beyond any parai-
lei Only God could speak OF God as II does Only
those who intimate with COD ana received
messages from Him could report Him these
Bible writer's report Him. Here we have the unity
and the personality. and the spirituality of God
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