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, Jay, LII. D., Chancellor Kent, Judg,
Story, Chief Justice Parsons, Justice
Mclean, Greenleaf, and Daniel Web
ster, whose confession of faith in tn,
Scriptures is engraved upon his tomt
at Marshfield.
1t has been endorsed by such scien
lists as Sir Isaac Newton, Leibnitz
Sir John HerschelI, Sir Humphrey
Davy, Faraday, Sir David Brewster
the Duke of Argyle, Prof Dana, Prof
Hitchcock, Prof. Mitchell, Prof. .Maury
Sir ]. William Dawson, and six hun
dred and seventeen members of the
British Scientific Association, whose
paper, expressing their belief in the
Bible, is now in the Bodleian Library
of Oxford, England.
1t has been accepted by such SOL
diers as Cromwell, Washington, Well
ington, Won Moltke, Sir Henry Have
lock, Gen. Gordon, who fell at Khar-
toum, Gen. Andrew Jackson, who
became an earnest Christian, Gen
Grant at the last (according to the
testimony of Bishop NewmaD, Gen.
Mcclellan, Gen. Howard, Gen. Lee,
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, none OF
whom were cowardly or superstitious.
Sir Isaac Newton declared: "We
account the Scriptures of God to be
the most sublime philosophy"
DIR. Samuel Johnson, as his biog-
rapher Boswell tells us, said, "Young
man, attend to the voice of one who
has possessed certain degree of
fame in the world, and who is about
to appear before his Maker; read the
Bible every day of your Hfe."
Locke, the acutest thinker and rea-
soner of the past two centuries, spent
the last fourteen years of his life in
the constant study of the Bible, and
then gave his decision: "It has God
for its author; salvation for its end /;
and truth without any mixture of
error for its matter"
Alexander Hamilton informs US that
he spent an evening with some friends,
and indulged in remarks derOgatory
to the Scriptures. While standing on
the steps OF his residence late at night,
waiting for servant to open the
door, the thought suddenly flashed
upon him, what, after all, if the Book
is true. He was conscious that he
had never examined 1t, "not even
with that attention which small re-
tanning fee requires in civil cases."
The next morning he began TO read
the Bible, and other books bearing on
the evidences of Christianity; "and
the result ISL he says, 81 believe the
religion of Christians to be the truth;
that Jesus Christ is the Son OF God;
that He made an atonement for our
sins by His death; and that He rose
for our justification"
John Quincy Adams wrote to his
son: 81 have for many years made it
a practice to read the Bible once
year."
John Randolph of Roanoke, IN early
life an infidel, announces ths con-
clusion of his maturer years: ''The
Bible is true. 1t would have been as
easy for a mole to have written Sir
Isaac Newton's treatise on Optics, as
for uninspired men to have written
the Bible"
DIR. Adolph Saphir in ''The Divine
Unity of SCRIPTURE" once an enthus-
iastic follower of Hegel, tells us that
'the pantheistic metaphyslcian Hegel,
on his death bed, would have no book
read to him but the Bible"
He also tells us that Kant wrote to
friend, "You do well in that you
base your peace and piety on the gos-
pels, for in the gospels, and in the
gospels alone, is the source Of deep
spiritual truths, after reason has
measured out it's whole territory in
vain"
He further quotes Goethe as saying:
"Let the world progress as much as it
likes; let all branches of human re-
search develop to the very utmost;
nothing will take the place of the
Bible"
Even Carlyle, short time before
his death, sent farewell letter to the
students of the University OF Edin-
burg, delivering this message: "Tell
them to consult the Eternal Oracles
(not yet inaudible, nor ever to become
SO, when worthily inquired of, and to
disregard nearly altogether, III COM
parison, the temporary noises, men,
acings and deliriums."
Let us briefly examine the book
which has commanded the confidence
and respect of such distinguished men
and intelligent minds, and which un-
questionably has blessed and elevated
countless millions of the best people
who have lived for eighteen CEN
turies. Let us see whether arguments
may not be presented, which ought
to be sufficient, and are sufficient, to
persuade any reasonable and ilnpre-
JUDGED person OF its supernatural
origin.
DIR. JOHN ]. RICE, of Westminster
College, Fulton, is not only one of the
very best teachers in any college in
this country, but is lecturer of spIen-
did attainments. He La q cultured.
genial Christian gentleman, well in
formed on all subjects, an easy and
fiunent talker and, Intellectually, one
of the strongest OF professional men.
AS an "all-round literary mans he is
hard to beat, having, in addition to
! his other attainments, quite q ieputa-
ton as a newspaper writer.
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There weretwenty-seven applicants
for the position Of superintendent Of
the Centralia public school.