The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-28
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( negro as 10 a JOnathdn Go"aIuS VI :"
TWO SIMPLE MINDS.
'Pomp." once said planter, young
man NO was about 10 he licensed 10
preach to one Of his servants on the
/ plantation. what is free grace me
/ answer was. Everything for nothing.
/ AND the old Nirginian. Benjamin wright
! said one day 10 q negro, caesar. WIZ y
/ IL that Won are always the happest man
| ON the plantation?' said caesar,
/ laws fiat down Oh Gods promises ana
pravs straight up" Now these TWO SID.
| Die minds had learned by experience anu
were wiser in their way, than thous4H- ~
| of brighter intellocts IN the world. AZ
v,as ths governmental knowledge OF Coo s
/ ward That profound thinker AuFustlh
once said Il meet with many things
acutelv spoken. but in all i iind nothing
the equal OF this. All ye that are weary
and heavy laden come unto me ana VIII
give you rest.
Now my friends. what ought 10 be the
chief study Of every life IN thls chuici
this afternoon? That book. II you VIII
master IL. you have an education. neI'
is am awful ignorance OF the bloie-uep'oi
able and inconceivabie. one reason u.s.
that ! am afraid the old-fashioned iaHliy
worship. with the reading OF Coo booh
every dav TO the children. IS going some
what out Of vogue. trust u as not lh
Richmond You owe debt OF grautune
10 your Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton for the work II IS doing 10 encCur-
axe and promote the careful STUDY OF ln'
Bible among the young men OF the CITY.
Ii is doing a vital WORK. ,,,
Well some of you would say the Bible
is only a collection of disjointed irae
ments' without head or tall say thaj
and YOU could not make a greater mis-
take That Bible is as thoroughly re-
liable as Buffers Analogy or bancroft
History Of America-Just as much so II
hangs together Ike a piece OF Wool. ll
begins. as IL ought 90 begin, win the
creation Of the world. and ends WIN l.t
winding up Of al earthly things Inc Old
Testament Is the yostibule to the new one
and if YOU examine the Ola Testament you
win find that 10 is anything but a dls-
connected tumble Of treatise You have
the law. after the creation; that
is che history Of coos people tho giving
of the law. YOU have the sublime CON
ycrsatiOns az job. the harp OF inc realm
list. and the magnificent triumphs Or
Isaiah. Ezekiel and Habakkuk. through
an the old Testament Ike one great
warm current Of Calvary, Christ j. ia
the whole Of IL. The smoke OF 3nti
altar blows towards Calvary. The BLOOD
N
over typiGes that blood that cieansea Ho"
and me from sin. Moses and the proph-
cts testified to Jesus. just as the rch'
souOrous blast Of the horn on the Alpine
peaks is echoed back on the morning ar,
So the atm chapter Of Isaiah rings ana re-
sounds 10 the books OF the New Testa-
mcnt After silence Of over four hun-
bred years the NV Testament begins with
the geucalOgy Of Jesus. me hfst ioui
90. lad
The biographies Of Jesus are completed
moi his life. No. not his life. He lives
ON through the acts Of the Apostles. That
hook devoted 10 the Christian churches
iu certain centres-Antioch. Ephesus,
Rome-these, the churches were being IN
strrcted i'm the commands Of CHRIST
hence the epistles. That 10 the Romans
treats o. Justification by iaith, that OF
Galatians. Of deliverance from the word
that 10 the Ephesions is the eplsue oil 'ht
heavenly. that 10 Philemon. the epistle OF
human rights. Now the episues 10 the
Corinthians are a manual for Christian
living. and those 10 Timothy and I1tus
for ministers and church officers. Johns
opistles are an delicious and lovely ana
~ eGusfve sweetness. The atoning death,
The resurrection. the teachings Of the
Master. all burst on us IN the most magnl-
fceut panorama Of the Apocalypse. Ihefe
Is the book OF snphHt my i'tr "'I
fDran0horf an fhe c0nfurirn. f'' fI''
derings and Hehtnings TIE seals atld
walls. we see distinctly the final grapple
t.tvcen the powers o. heaven ane tnt
ro,ycrs Of he'll. The conflict ends ln tne
overthrow Of the devil and the victory Of
the King OF kings and revelation &c
Heaven. In that book is the sublmest
verse that ever fell on mans ears.
saw a great white throne, anc liim that
SAT on il. from whose face me carth ana
the heavens fed away, ard there was
found no place for them Jhai Is IN
deed sublime
ONLY ONE BOOK.
NV friends. are you not convinced by
mis- time that though this book contains
many writings IL is really only ONO book1
You know IL had many writers, but really
only one author. These writers were the /,
iuspired stenographers Of the Holy Ghost.
In urging YOU 20 study it-study il dill |
gently. constantly and thoroughly, and
study il with prayer, / present the argu-
ment that the Bible is the masterpiece
of al preaching.
Young people are attracted 10 works Of
the imagination, and the devil runs his |
presses night and day 10 produce d GER
tain style OF fiction, alas. alas. that comes
up into our houses Ike Egypts frogs into
the kneading trOLghs. There never was
a time. 1 suppose, when noyclists and
play writer's have been more determined
10 guild vice ana varnlsh iniqulues than
now.
NOW. Gods transcondent word feeds the
a. D. does the reason and tie
conscience. with the loftiest subllmities,
lei man expand his intellect and turn
away from the uninspired fiction, ana let
him feed where Milton fed, OH the Bible,
before he gave uttcrance 10 the immortal
paradise Lost" Let every man study
the book that inspired old John Bunyan
10 compose his great work, ana let him
omen his soul TO what Carlyle called the
Oldest cry Tor mcrcy-thc book oi job.
There Is enough 10 stimulate the most
torpid mind; enough 10 suit the most las
tidious; enough TO satisfy the cravings OF
the most cultured intellect. Go 10 the
people with the beautiful and sublime and
Innahlinx: spena SAuS nightly studies on