Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-08-19

crease of self.slaughter.
have sometimes heard it discussed
whether the great dramatist was a
Christian or not. lie was Christian
In his last will and testament he com.
mends his soul to God through the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. | know that
he considered appreciation of future
existence the mightiest hindrance tc
aclf-destruction.
For who would bear the whlp5 and scorns OF
time;
The oppressors wrong, tho proud mans con-
tumely:
The pangs OF despiSed love, the laws delay,
The insolence OF office, and the spurns
That patient merit OF thS unworthy takes,
When he himself might his qulctus make
with bare bo1kinY VINO would fardes bear,
Togrunt and sweat under weary life,
But that the dread of something after death
The undiscovered country from whose bourne
NO traveller returnS-pu2zles the Wis
Have nothing to do with an infidelity
SO cruel, so debasing. Come out of that
bad company into the company of those
who believe the Bible. Benjamin
Franklin wrote "0f this Jesus of
Nazareth | have TO say that the system
of morals He left and the religion lie
has given us are the best things the
world has ever seen or likely to see
Patrick Henry the electric champion
of liberty, says: 1.-The book worth all
other books put together is the Bible
Benjamin Rush, the leading physiolo-
gist and anatomist of his day, the
great medical scientist-what did he
say?' THE only true and perfect
religion is Christianity Isaac New.
ton, the leading philosopher OF his
time-what did he say? The subliin-
est philosophy on earth is the philoso-
ply of the Gospel" David Brewster,
at the pronunciation of whose name
every scientist the world over bows his
head; David Brewster, saying: "0h,
this religion has been great light to
me, very great light all my days"
President Theirs, the great French
statesman, acknowledging that he
prayed when he said: ~ invoke the
Lord God, in whom am glal to be-
lieve." David Livingstone, able to con
quer the lion, able to conquer the
panther, able TO conquer the savage,
yet conquered by this religion, 50 when
they find him dead they find him on
his knees.
Salmon 7, Chase, chief justice of the
supreme court OF the United States, APP
pointed by President Lincoln, will take
the witness stand. "Chief Justice
Chase, please to state what you have to
say about the book commonly called
the Bible The witness replies:
There came time in my life when |
doubted the divinity of the Scriptures,
and resolved, as lawyer and Judge,
| would try the book us | would try
anything in the courtroom, taking
evidence for and against. | was u long
and serious and profound study, and
using the same principles of evil
dcnce in this religious matter as
| always do in secular matters,
have come to the decision that the
Bible is a supernatural book, that it
has come from God, and that the only
safety for the human race is to follow
its teachings Judge, that will do.
Go back again to your pillow OF dust
on the banks of the OHIO. Next | put
upon the witness stand a president OF
tt.. Ir-tt.l aIue--- oss'ss go. >
Adams. president 4 lams what have
you to say about the Bible and Chris
tianity?" The president replies: Il
have for many years made it practice
TO read through the Bible once year.
NY custom is to read four or five chap
tiers every morning Immediately
after rising from my bed. II employs
about an hour of my time, and
seems to me the most suitable manner
of beginning the day. In what light
socvcr we regard the Bible whether
with reference to revelation, to history
or to morality, it is an invaluable and
incxhaustibc mine OF knowledge and
virtue" chancellor Kent, what do
you think OF the Biblc?' Answer: "No
other book ever addressed itself so au-
thoritatively and so pathetically to the
Judgment ana moral sense OF man
kind" IL lmund Burke, what do you
think of the Biblc?" Answer: 81
have read the Bible, morning, noon
and night, and have ever since been
happier and the better man for such
reading
Young men of America, come out o
the circle of infidels-mostly made VI
of cranks and ecilcs-into the com
pany OF intellectual giants, and turr
your back on an infidelity which de
stroys body and soul.
All! Inhdelity, stand up and take
! thy sentence! In the presence Of God
angels and men, stand up, thou mon
ster! Thy lip blasted with blasphemy
thy cheek Scared with unclcanness
thy breath foul with the corruption o
the ages! Stand up, Satyr, filthy goat
buzzard of the nations, leper of Thu
centuries. Stand up, thou monster
lnddclity! Part man, part panth err
part reptile, part dragon, stand VI
and take thy sentence! Thy hand
red with the blood in whic
thou hast washed, thy feet erin
son with the human gore throug
which thou hast waded, stand up an
take thy SENTENCED Down with thee t
the pit, and sup on the sobs and groaD
of those thou hast destroyed, and lie
thy music be the everlasting miscrcr
of those whom thou hast damned!
brand the forehead of inidelity wit
all the crimes of sclf-immolation fc
the last century on the part OF thos
who had their reason.
There is a sorrowless world, and /
is SO radiant that the MONDAY sun
only the lowest doorstep, and the al
rora that lights up our northern hcav
ems, confounding astronomers AZ +
what it can be, is the waving OF tn
banners of the procession come to TAX
the conquerors home from church mil
: tant to church triumphant, and you an
t | have 10000 reasons for wanting to &
4 there, but we will never get ther