The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-11

religion has, been . great lightto me, .
yegy, great Light oil my days President
Thiers, the great French statesman, nc-
knowledsing that he prayed when he said,
Invoke the Lord God, In whom am
glad to bslisve" David Livingstone, able
TO conquer the lion, able to conquer the
panther, able to conquer the savage, yet
conquered by this religion, 20 when they
find him dead they find him on his knees.
Salmon p. Chase, chief justice Of the
supreme court Of the United States, ap-
pointed by President Lincoln, will take
please to state what you have to say about
the book commonly called the Bible"
The witness replies; "1here oarno time
in my life when ! doubted the divinity Of
the Scriptures, and I resolved as lawyer
and Judge would try tho book as I would
try anything in the courtroom, taking evil
denoe for and against. 1t was long and
serious and profound study, and, using the
same principles Of evidence in this reli-
gious matter as always do In secular mat
tiers, have come to the decision that the
Bible Is supernatural book, that 1t has
come from God and that the only safety
for the htlman race 10 to follow its teach
ings." Judge, that will do. Go back
again to your pillow Of dust On tho banks
Of the Ohio" Next put upon the wit
ness stand president Of the United
States-John Quincy Adams. President
Adams, what have you to say about the
Bible and Christianity" The president
replies: " have for many years made 1t
practice to read through the Bible once
NJ a.. 80,
chapters every morning Immediately after
rising from my bed. Tt employs about an
hour Of my time and seems to me the most
suitable manner Of beginning the day. In
what light soever we regard the Bible,
whether with reference to revelation, to
history or to morality, 1t Is an invaluable
and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and
virtue" chancellor Kent, what do you
think Of the Bible9' Answer: mo other
book ever addressed itself 20 authorita.
lively and 60 pathetioaily to the Judgment
and moral sense Of mankind" Edmund
Burke what do you think Of the BibleP"
Answer: II have read the Bible, morn
ing, noon and night and have ever since
been the happier and the better man for
such reading"
o0ut0uOo VI AunuoAlty.
Young men Of America, come out Of
the circle Of infldels.-mostly made up Of
cranks and imbecilos-into the company
Of intellectual giante and turn your back
on on intidelity which destroys body and
soul.
All, inAdelity, stand up and take thy
sentenced In the presence of God, angels
and men, stand up, thou monster! Thy
lip blasted with blasphemy, thy cheek
Scared with uncleanness, thy breath foul
with the corruption of the ages! Stand
up, satyr, filthy goat, buzzard of the ma
tions, leper Of the centuries! Stand up,
thou monster infldelity! Part man, part
panther, part REPTILE part dragon. stand
up and take thy sentence! Thy hands red
with the blood in which thou hast washed,
thy feet crimson with the human gore
through which thou hast waded, stand up
and take thy sentenced Down with thee
to the pit and sup on the sobs and groans
Of those thou hast destroyed and let thy
music be the everlasting miserere OF those |
whom thou hast damned! brand the |
forehead Of infldelity with all the crimes |
of self immolation for tho last century on
the part of those who had their reason.
My friends, If ever your life, through
It's aprasions ana Its molestatlons, should
seem TO DC unbearable, ana you are tempt
ell to quit 1t by your own behest, 40 not
consider yourself as worse than others.
Christ himself was tempted to cast him
self from the roof Of the temple, but as he
resisted no resist ye. Christ came to nedl-
cine all wounds In your trNublc pre-
scribe life instead OF death. People who
have had 1t worse than you Will ever have
1t have gone songfully on their way. Re-
member TINT dod Keeps the chronology OF
your life with Us much precision as ne
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WHY Tas 1t that ut midnight, just at
midnight, the destroying angel struck the
blow that set the lsraelites free from bond
ageS The 430 years were up at IL o'clock
that night. The 4S0 years were not up at
II, and o'clock would have been tardy
and too late. The 430 years were up at IL