Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-27
City Chemist, St. Louis:

ken just as they appeared. In Revela-
tiunB alone there are two hundred and
forty. Believe the whole of II and
your faith will never be regretted. /
don't think all In the Bible was in
spired, but all OF 1t did come of in
spiration.
The Christians who are good only In
spots get their religion from parts OF
the Bible. l want to Impress this upon
every Bible and Sunday school teacher
present, Teach your students to be-
llevc II all. 1 was II years. old before
/ ever saw a Bible to study It, / went
TO Boston at that age aud thought /
knew II all. You put long coat and IA
high collar on young man and he
knows more then than he Will ever
know again. Well, | entered Sunday
school in Boston. There were several
Harvard studenta in II. ! shall never
forget the first lesson. They gave me
u book to find one OF the authors,
had been used to having the answers
In the back OF the book containing the
questions and knew nothing at all
about the Bible. The Harvard boys
laughed at me and ] felt cheap. The
teacher kindly took the book and
showed me what | was hunting for.
That act carried me back Had IL
not been done | would never have gone
there again, IL probably changed my
whole life. There Is nothing In the
Bible more interesting than n study
or tho tultllied prophesles, The devll
and man have been trying to break
the word OF God for 5000 years, They
never have and never win. They say
the Bible is going out. Thank God, it
ls Just coming In. 1t will never pass
away a man was asked what the
moon did when the dog parked AT IL.
Kept on shining was the reply. That
is the way with the Bible and infldeis
ThRN hur1F lint tho nII,f.
Ing. More are being published than
ever They have gone to the utter
most parts of the earth and are going
further each day, 1t has been trans
lated into every known language.
pity Mexico without q Bible. | thank
GOD Tor America l thank Him for a
blple, No two men study the Bible
alike. can not tell you how, but /
can give some hints. No two men nre
alike, and | am glad OF 1t. Get a
Cruden's Concordance They say CRU
den was crazy | wish we had 10000
crazy men like him. Buy IL, beg It or
borrow the money from one OF these
pastors. Get rooted and grounded on
the teachings OF the Bible and YOU viii
give up your life as soon as your faith.
i believe In assurance, | believe in
sudden conversion. I like to get hold
OF those men calling themselves philos-
ophers who think II requires six months
that It must be slowly gradually. /
am not talking about the growth hut
the new birth IL IL instantaneous
salvation IL GIT. How long does ID
take one TO accept gift? T'he new
birth Ia acquired Just thpt ouicl.
What we need ia faith. Faith comes
by hearing and hearing by the word OF
God.
Some folks can not tell the difference
between Sinai and Calvary. The Law
comes from one. Faith from the other.
The Law is Gods looking glass. n
shows us what is the matter. Faith
cures It. Law Is good, In it's place. lint
] don't like too much OF 1t. had n
friend In Chicago who was a thorn in
my flesh. He Numbered the laws Of
Sinai all the time. You are All going
20 hell, he would keep on saving
hope III meet him In heaven, but
don't much care about meeting him ON
earth. Some folks can't read the Blble
on earth for looking over the SUNDAY
newspaper. II you can give m M
Sunday newspaper take the different
types, Adam. Jeremiah, Joseph. Abra.
ham. and study them. They nil teaeh
us something about Christ, The com
Ing man in the American pulplt win
be he who expounds the gospci. We
don't need oratory and astronomy ana
metaphysics. Many people forty years
old have to he fed with AN Ecciesias,i-
cal spoon. Study yourselves. learn
something about the Bible. 90 10 Cod
little while every day. Charter Spur-
geon said OF all prayers, he ilised m.
home-nads one the best. am like he