Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
THE BIBLE AS 1T rs.
REV. DR.. TALMAcE ON THE ExPURcA'
TON or THE SCRIPTURES.


REV. oH' IALmAoe YIN TIE ENronoA-
TON or THE SCRIPTURES.
NE shows why the Good B,ok Needs No
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NEW York, Juno ON his sermon
for today Rev. Dr. Talmage deals with
subject that is agitating the entire
Christian church at the present moment
viz, "Expurgation of tho Scriptures. !"
The text chosen was, Let God be true,
but every man a liar" (Ronians iii, A.
Tho Eible needs reconstruction ac-
Gording to some inside and outside the
pulpit. 1t is no surprise that tho world
bombards the Scriptures, but it is ainaz-
ing to find Christian ministers picking
at this in the Bible and denying that
until many good people arc left in the
fog about what parts Of the Biblo they
ought to believe and what parts reject.
The Nervousness Of finding fault with
tho Bible at this time is most evident,
lii orr day the Bible is assailed by sour
rility, by misrepresentation, by iiifidel
scientists, by all the vice Of earth and
all the venom Of perdition. and at this
particular time oven preachers OF the
Bospel lail into line oi cfiticiani VI the
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E1purga.ion OF tine scriptures
When L see progressed CHRISTIANS III TINS
particular day hnding fault with the
scriptures, 1t makes me think OF for
tress terrifically bombarded, and the men
on the ramparts, instead OF swabbing
out and lo''hng the guns and helping
tetch up the ammunition from the mag
azine, are trying with crowbars to pry
out from the wall certain blocks OF stone,
because they did not come from the right
quarry. On, men Oh the ramparts, bet
4 ter night back, and nght down the com
mon enemy instead OF trying TO make
breaches IN the WALL
Whlle Ioppose TINS oxpurgation OF the
scriptures, shall give you my reasons
Tor sucn opposition. what say some
OF the theological evolntlonlsts whose
brains have been added by too long
broodlng over them by Darwin and
Spencer, You don't now really belleve
all the story Oh the garden OF Eden, do
your" Yes, as much as l believe there
were roses Ill my garden last summer.
But, say they, you don't really
believe that the sun and moon stood
stlll!" Yes, and II l had strength enough
to create sun and moon conid make
them stand still or cause the refractlon
OF the suns rays SO 1t would appear to
stand still But, they say, you
don t really believe that the whale swal-
lowed Jonah! Yes, and II l We're
strong enough to make whale could
have made very easy ingress for the re-
fractory prophet, leaving to evolution to
EJECT INN II he were an unworthy ten
anti But, say they, you don t really
believe that the water was turned INTO
wine!' Yes, just as easily as water now
- often turned into WINE with an ad-
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