The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-19
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GENE o. tIis IIsnSGits It Has Conferred Up-
on the World.
From lecture by Or. John Hallilh
New York;
Among the many things which We
owe to the word Of God IL, first. clvlll-
Eation. Wherever tho Bible IL not rcad
among the poor people and the lowly
there 10 not high degree OF civlllza-
ton" This point Dr. Hail Illustrated
with word pictures from his travels in
foreign lands. Where the Bible Ii
read" he continued, "there n usually q
desire for more education, and In The
degree that there II eduea ton there u q
spirit for the spread OF civilization.
Every great advancement IN science has
come through the Bible. There was q
time when grain had to be cut down by
hand. Now the reaper has come In, and
many people are saved hand labor IN
the harvest time. In the degree that
the Bible has Influenced the minds OF
men, In TINT degree has civilization ad-
Vanced.
Look now at the home where father
and mother and children are oil that
they ought TO be one another. We owe
that to the Bible. The Bible has put
woman in her right place. In some
lands there Is poiygany, where q man
can have as many wives as he can puf-
chase. Look at marriage AZ the Bible
puts It; one man and one woman In
united love. And then the parents are
directed 10 rule their children, not In
i1arshness and cruelty, but in tender
ness and affection. The parent who
goes by the light In The Bible, loves his
children, and wishes them 20 partake
OF all the blessings which the Bible
gives.
Nearly oil of US have to work in one
way or another. All OF US who work
us about the seventh day? We owe TO
the Bible the rest given US then. It Is
needed NOT alone by the soul and mind,
but also by the body. wish that Sab
bath keeping were better understood
and more widely followed Do the best
that you can to keep the Lords Day,
and get an example for those who do
not.
"our freedom we owe to the Bible.
There are other words such as liberty
and constitutional rights, but let Us call
II freedom. In lands without the Bible
people are ruled by despotlc authority,
ali authority which they dare not cues
ton. They must take up the religion
prescribed by the government or be
prosecuted bitterly. Despotic author
Ity does not exist where the Bible
shapes tho feelings and AXes the Oon-
victions OF the people.
But, most important OF all, arc the
spiritual benefits, benefits which could
come In no other way than through the
Bible. It tells OF Gods grace, tender
ness and loving kindness, II tells how
Christ said to His disciples. 10, I am
with you Away The Bible makes
troubles easier to bear, and even turns
them into blessings. 70 that we are
brought nearer 20 God thereby, No one
can express In language what we owe
10 the Bible for giving uS comfort in
trouble. may suffer here, but only for
a while, for in Gods good time He will
take me to His heavenly world 20 live
with Him forever without trouble or
pain. The Bible teaches US the sure
hope OF eternal life. Why do believe
that death can be stripped OF Its terror'
and the body taken UP out OF the grave
and gIOFitied like Christ'S? Not through
superstition: not through imagination;
but because believe It as taught In
Gods holy word"