The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-28
The S4lh Anniversary address Before The
Virginia Rible Society.
4 LARGE CROWD HEAR The DISCOURSE.
almighty God Has GIVEN This world
But One Book" lac says, land IL Out
weighs All the Libraries on the
Globe'-The Other Exercises.

listening 70 tNt ti"ttN "'"tt'' VI ~
Thee. l.. Cuylor. j.. D.. OF Brooklyn. y
y. who was present TO deliver the
ciehty-iourth anniversary address for The
Virginia Bible Society.
In the pulpit and taking part in Ia,
services were DR.. r.. J.. Kerr president
OF tho society. Rev. DIS. NJ. y. Hoge
). a. Whitehead. !. J. Grava;t. Jabez
Hall. and Bishop Granbery. DR.. Cuyer
said:
FULL Text OF THE ADDRESS.
Brethren and Sisters In Jesus Christ
just nfiy-twO years ago, while 1 was
"a student ln lnc theological seminary al
Princeton 4 mace nay INST Nst 10 your
DclutliM city. The Venerable Bishop
Johns was tuDu assisting the then Ncner-
aDle Bishop Me4dc-bOin OF them Prince
tonlans-ln this diocese. My Oh lreno.
Dr. Williams H. Ilumer. was here in
his staiwaIt prime, anu nc genial ana
gifted Dr Joseph Stiles, was tAcn minis
tcring 10 the New School Presbyterian
Church OF this clty. My beloved brother
III. HOgo had not yet commenced that
more tuan half century Of ministry
which, thank God. shines with undimln-
isACd spiritual splendor.
That great Nueinlan. Governor James
Mcdowell. entertained me Hospitality in
his mansion. and from tie steps Of yon-
der capitol dilated upon the resources and
broadness OF The Old Dominion.
That Richmond has largely vanished
away. the names ] then used 20 hear have
been carved for many year on the tomb;
a new Richmond is here. more beautiful
by far. and a new Virginia with new peo-
pie. new hopes. new aspirations, but old
ShOCkoe Hul stands. ana the old river
James still flows along your walls. This
ancient Bible Society sull Hyes-and best
Of an the ola book still lives in your
hearts. and still guides your children, stiu
rings from your pulpts and is SIN put
beneath the dying pillows OF Gods saints
IN this community
1 have come TO. give you a love talk
this afternoon about tie dear old book.
There are innumcrable books that have
come from human hands. there is a sin-
gle library in Paris which contains mil
lion Vi them Almighty God has given
this world bat one book and IL out
weighs all The libraries on the globe. The
name which lie gives 20 il Is My Word"
1.-The name We give TO 10 is "The Bible"
which signifies. you know the book"
Well did Sir Walter Scott
say 10 Lockhart who offered
10 read to him on his dying bed.
'Lockfart, there is only one BOOK. and
that Is the Bible" SO said the man who
wrote the most brilliant books OF any
generation. II is tue only book that
bridges the two cternitles the eternity
before the creation and the eternity TO
which We are trending.
Now If you ask me II God composed
the Bible In the same way that your
Jefferson composed the Declaration Of
independence. / will say no. Your great
statesman wrote our what he conceived
IN his own brain. and made IL and him
self immortal The Bible was written by
the servants OF God, guided boy tine Divine
Spirit: they spake as they were breathed
into and moved by the Holy Spirit. For
example. John heard marvellous con-
Nersauon al The divine supper. When he
wrote 10 down he did 10 under the sUpcI@n-
tendence OF the Holy Spirit. That is de
vine Inspiration Another part of the
Bible IS made up Of what God indicated
10 the writers that is revelation. when
Paul wrote 90 the Church he did SO oN
acty as 10 was revealed 20 him. that is
divine inspiration again. Whether it is
biography. poetry or prophecy. 10 b. Gods
word. What that book says God says.
What that book teaches. God teaches.
INSPIRATION.
When / was "a boy ! was brought up
under the old Westminster Catechsm. j
am not sorry for that ! WAS taught that
invaluable rule which teaches you and
me how We may glOrify and enjoy God
forever. This word inspiration signifies
Christie birth. 10 carry out the idea OF
Gods direct agency The Bible is a
miraclc-if 10 is not q miracle then IL is
an impOsture. with the claims IL makes.
and is 10 be regarded simply as remark
able literary curiosity.
Now this inspired book is not only the
greatest book the world has ever had or
will have but 30 is the oldest in exist |
cnce. The old original manuscripts have |
vanished away forever more. What 1
would the autograph collectors give for I
one Of Tie scrdWls that We're read 90 the I
pcople-fOr a single line OF the precious /
parchment that Paul handed over 10 /
Phoebe 20 Dc carried 10 The Church al /
Rome Not a syllable OF the writings /
that the Psalmlst ever touched remains !
In the original manuscript. Well Is this /
wonderful Shakespeare lived only three !
centuries ago. yet there IS not tO-day,buI
one scrap that De ever touched known 1
10 be in existence and that is "a receipt /
for money at Stratford. Not a line Of /
this immortal mans handWritng-yet |
that was only Three centuries ago. Tie /
Oldest copy OF tAe Scriptures Is in Rome, /
and IS about fifteen centuries old. An !
other writing discovered almost as far /
back, 1 have looked az with great revcr-
.nCo In museum Of London The few /
ancient copies in existence have been put I
under microscopic eye, and / have no
ioubt about thc actual utterauccs Of the |
Divine Spirit in their original tongues.
having been so accurately put together
hat there cannot possibly be any serious
arrOrs. That Bible Is known as the grand
81 and oldest book in existence. 10 is
De only book that has had "a celestial
architect. there are a hundred-fold more
copies Of d. too. than any other book
'Vcr written. 10 appears in over TWO
hundred different languages and there are
nough copies Of it to-day, n hcaped to-
,cther in your capitol park 90 form a
pyramid which would cover every rood OF |
4. ON every sabbath in the year over
IN hundred thousand ministers are en-
ragged in examining. explaining. expoead- (
ng ana enforcing the uttcranccs OF ne
iod-giyen book, and some Of them have
,cen doing this-twO in this pupit-for
.alf century. We have not exhausted
I amy more than one fisherman could
exhaust the shoals IN tho ocean at New.
Oundland. We ministers sometimes ran
ry-GOd'J book never does. The minis
er flies 20 the riches that may be pump
aihOmably deep. And then. an over
how many thousands of
eminarics there are whose chief work
) 20 teach uncultvated minds how 10
nfOid the treasures of Gods ineXhausSi- I
lie wealth. Why, there have been COM
aentares enough written TO form OF
themselves an immense library Imagine
houganls Of acute minds spending their
Ives IA teaching and preaching. Trage-