The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-28

I Of Jesus. and all ye lovers Of the lovely.
( II abundantiy satisfies you.
George Chambers Fox once said II he
was am orator he became such by con-
slant study Of the book Of job.
None ever wrote more Nieorous' uh-
! dehled English than Daniel Webster ana
/ Abraham Lincoln Both these men We're
/ trained from childhood 10 be constant
/ students Of the Word OF God. and the
/ MESSAGE of one Of them that contains that
/ line OF Immortality. "With malice to-
wards none and charity FOR all was
pronounced by the London Times 20 De
the subIimest state paper of modern days.
They we're taught how 10 think and write.
| Fathers and mothers. bring up your cill-
I dren AZ the COMMUNICATIONS Book
which IS Gods
There are young men here tins after
noon engaged in trade anc commerce.
Now. for manual Of business. there is
no book like the Bible Take that text,
''The borrower is the slave OF the Lender.
What AN idea that gives OF the bondage OF
debt. That has saved many good man
from haukruptcv what is that that
dropped out of your pocket said New
York merchant TO "a young man from the
country who had come into his ONCE TO
seek for employment. The boy answered.
1.-The Bible that my mother gave me.
Said the merchant: Go back 20 the
counting-rOom and report yourself Tor
employment here. Those are the boys
we want" Why don't the boys learn 10
put their mothers Bibles IN their satcheis
when they leave homer IL would De worm
an The letters OF accommodation lhey
could carry. Then, too, 1t Will keep young
men and women from denlinB themselves
with impure thoughts. As young man
] made hundreds Of speeches FOR total
3D.. q a ~ On
Bible example-one sentence, which Is the
most unanswerable temperance speech ln
the world. Look not on the wine when
IL is red, when lt giveth lts color DO the
cup, and when b. gOeth down smoothly.
AT the last means eternity. III bites like
q serpent and IL stngs like viper. NnO
can answer that speech from the AL
mighty? The one unansWeraDie, over
whclming argument. il Is the ohly lamp
that never gOeth out among the oamps
Of the death shade and the aim darkness
Of the tomb. il is the only book that
gives you and me Jesus Christ, ana ih
giving us Jesus Christ gives Us all things.
10 is the only volume I'm the world tlat
goes deeper every time you put piummel
in 10. and 10 is dearer TO as the closer we
lay il TO our heart Of hearts. Everything
that ia good ia US or good in you, leIoM-
members Of Christ. everything Do you
that is pure, that is sweet. gentle manly
womanly. and holy hath come from your
old mothers Bible. The best homes ana
the best church i'm Richmond are Bible
built
The first hundred-f0ll Of wheat planted
by Adam has come out at last 300 all tlc
centuries Of rich haryests. OF Gods word
OF life and from 10 has sprung an tne
innumcrable works of the present time.
All the libraries Of the globe DO not
weigh up 20 this one sentence. worthy
OF al acceptatiOn, that Christ Jesus
came into the world 20 save sinners.
Why, that sentence alone would make
Bible IN itself.
HIGHER CHRlSTENDOM."
trust no one here is disturbed one whit
by the obnoxious theories Of what Dis called
higher ChristendOm. IL wages in some
quarters like a sirricco. ] hope 10 don
ruf1e one feather Of your fnlth' as il
does not mine The most devout scholar
ship from the days Of Luther 10 the days
Of Maclarin and Bishop whitehead ana
Professor William Henry, never olslodbed
a single stone in the mase Of the maehlh-
cent bulwark that Moses began 10 bulid
and the seer Of PatmOs completed. ne 3
thought that takes on such airs. much
Of il is sheer conjecture; IT aoit-contfa-
dictory. is refuted hypothesis.
I did not come here 10 defend the Bible
any more than 20 defend sunshine and
fresh air and May blossoms. COD ior-
bid that we mortals should be con-
stituted defenders OF his immutabie book.
/ have never preached sermon IN de-
fence OF Gods word in all my nifty years,
and should not II ! lived for nifty cen
turtles God never commissioned us 10
defend his book Preach. Preach the
Word. that is the commission. God VIII
take care OF Sc. Therefore understand
we have nothing 20 do but plant ourselves
upon Gods immutable rock and proclaim
His glorious name.
once | paused beside blacksmith door,
And heard the anvil ring the Vesper
chime
Then. looking IN, I saw on the floor
All the hammers worn with beating
years Of time.
How many anvils had he. said ],
TO wear and batter all those hammers
out?
Just one, said he; ,hen said. with twink
ling eye,
Only one: that wears the hammers out
And so I thought the anvil OF Gods wotd' |
For ages skepucs blows have beat upop'
Yet after the noises Of falling blows are
heard,
The anvil is unharmed-the hammers
gone gone.
Good friends. such a book as this is I
worth coming TO Richmond 10 press uTon !
you upon your hearts and your homes. /
II Is a book 10 be searched, not skinned 4
over. II Is not a book 10 be treated as a /
butterfly treats flower oucned on Tor /
a moment and then wing away 80, IL /
is the gower, and II is the burrowing bee |
that penetrates deep into the cup OF the !
flower that extracts the precious honey OF
Gods words.
What / have uttered this afternoon
has been from my heart OF hearts, and /
n IL has a tendency 20 increase the loyal I
affections Of Gods people FOR His book, II /
IL inspires you fathers ard mothers more
and more 10 make IL the counsel and
guide OF your homes and the heritage OF
your children, / have not come In vain.
II IL tends to make clearer In the mind OF |
any young psrson any Lingering doubts or