The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-27

quite sure that the Bible was inspired
OF. If inspired. whether the words or tb.
ideas were inspired. or whether only q
part of tie Book was inspired. They think
az one time that the story In Genesis
about the Garden Of Eden Is a history
| and the month after they think II Is ar
an ailegory. At one time they think the
| book of job describes What really occurred
| but the next time they speak OF IL the,i
call il a drama Now they believe all the
miracles, but at your next interyleN
they try 10 show how these scenes had
nothing in them supernatural. but can be
accounted for By laturai causes. Gaddins
about among religious theories. and never
satsfed, All the evidence Is pot before
them. and way do they not render YER
dict? II they cannot make up their mind
with ali the data put before them they
never VIII There are All the archaeological
combinations OF the Bible brought 70
view By the Palestine Exploration So
ciety;' there are the bricks OF Babylon,
the letter ~ impressed upon them-'N'
for NebuchaaneZzar. showing that he was
not myth-and the further the shovel
Of the antiquarian goes down the more is
revealed % that most wonderful city OF
ali time.
CONFIRMED by Research of Science.
PROF Hilprecht Of the University OF
Pennsylvania. presents Us tablets found in
the far East ratifying and explaining
ScriptUral passages which were before in
mystery. As the builders in Jerusalem to-
day dig for the foundation OF new houses
they turn up with their pickaxes the
ashes OF the animals that were used for
burnt offerings in the temple ages ago,
demonstrating the truth Of the Bible
story about the sacrifices OF lambs and
heifers and pigeons. There Is the history
by J0sephus, describing on uninspired
page scenes which the Bible depicts. On
the banks Of the Dead Sea there are
pieces OF the very birthstone that fell in
the sulphurous storm that destroyed Sod
ON and Gomorrah. Make up your m'7d
whether the Bible is d glOriuus revelation
Of God or the worst imposition OF the
centuries Why so gaddlng about among
iniide!s. atheists. and deists, asking ques-
lions and surmising and guessing about
the authority and value OF a book which
involve the infinities? 1t is either a good
book or bad book. II IL be bad book
you DO not want 1t in your house nor have
your children contaminated with its
teachings. IL IT is a good book your eter-
nal happiness depends upon the adoption
OF It's teachings. Once and forever make
up your mind whether IL is the book of
God or the book Of villainous pretenders
so. also. many are unfiXed IN regard 70
their spiritual condition, and day after
day and year after year go gadding about
among hopes and fears end anxIeties
They sing with great emphasis that old
hymn which we have all sung:
"'Tis point long TO know,
OFT ii causes anxious thought:
Do love the Lord or no9
Am his or am / not?
why do YOU rot find out whether YOU
are his or not? There are all the broad
invitations of the gospel. Accept them
There are all the assurances. Apply them
There are all the hopes of pardon and
heaven. Adopt them. There Is the Kings
highway. Start on it. Travelling any
road, you are not satisfied until you have
round out whether II is the right road or
the wrong road, and you climb up in the
darkness 10 read the words on the finger
board at the roadside 10 see If il be the
right road and 4 il be the wrong road
you cross over to the right road. If you
what port you will run, or upon what
rocks you are in danger of crashing This
moment you have all the information
pointing to the road that terminates at
the gate of the Golden City, and the vow
age that anchors in the haven of eternal
rest. Why so on guessing when you have
all the facts before you? YoI ought 10
know by examination of chart and COM
pass and thermometer IN what latitude
and longitude you are sailing, whether in
the arctic or the tropics. man who
does not know whether OF not he is a
Christian is like a man VINO does not
know whether he IS millionaire or a
pauper. Better go to the records and find
out. The Scriptures are the records. If
you cannot there read your title il is be-
cause you have 10 title. and you ought
70 begin anew. Start a new prayer; sing
a new song; open new experience.
Gadabouts i'm RELIGION.
80. aiasi there are those who CAD
about among particular churches. No pas
tor can depend on them for a single serv-
ice At some time when he has prepared
sermon, after all prayer and all re-
search, putting nerve and muscle and brain
and soul into its every paragraph, these
intermittent attendants are not there to
hear 1t. While an occasional absence is
eXcusable for the gratification of Some
religiously oratoric in some other pulpit,
when the pastor Of church with his eve
calls the roll Of attendance, by your pres
ence in the old place practically answer,
saying: Il am here to get the benefit of
all the useful thoughts you may utter, and
OF all the hymns you may give out, and Of
all the prayers you may offer. /, a soldier
Of Jesus Christ, am in my own place in
the company, in the battalion, in the regl-
ment, and when you command March,
viii march, and when you command
Halt" l will halt, and when Won order
Ground armsl" l will ground arms
But oh, how the gadabouts iniure the
chufches! Instead OF staying in their own
prayer meeting or Sunday-school, they
atiiict other prayer meetings and Slndav-
schools. l meet them on the street going
the wrong way on Sunday morning or
evening, and accOst them in the words
OF the text; Why gaddest thou about so
much TO change thy WayT
sanities of Social Life.
MY text also addresses those who IN
search OF happiness are going hither and
yonder looking for that which thew 6n5
not. Their time is al taken IN with
'muSicaies' and progressive euchres' and
teas, and yellow luncheons. and 'at-homes'
ana dances, and operas, and theaters:
and, instead of finding happiness. thew
get pale cheeks, and insomnia, and indi-
gestion and neuralgia, and exhaus-
ton, and an abbreviated lifetime
There is more splendid womanhood sacri-
feed In that way In our cities than in
any other way. The judgment day only
can reveal the awful holocaust of tangled
nerves, and the suicidal habits of much
Of our social life. The obituary of such
reads well. for the story is suppressed
about how they got their death while
standing in attire of gauze. waiting for
the carriage on a raw night, on the front
steps. While in their lifetime they nos
sessed all the ability for the relief of
pain and impoverishment, yet they have
no time for visitation of the poor or to
win the blessing of such as comes upon
those who administer TO those who are
ready TO perish. Enough flowers in their
dining-hGlls 10 bewitch q prince, but not
enc tuft of heliouope to perfume the
room Of that rheumatic on the back
street, TO whom the breath of one flower
would be like the opening of the front
door of heaven. Find me one man or one
woman who in all the rounds OF pleasure