Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-28
KNOWN By IT'S FRUIT
DR.. TALMAeE'S REASONS FOR BELIEF
IN THE BIBLE.

vbe Good Accomplished In the world
by the Scriptures as nm Evidence
of Divine Origin-An Answer to
Agnosticism.
wAsHINoToN, juno 24--In the grent
conflict now raging in Europe as in this
country between Christianity and agnos-
ticism DR.. Tamage has taken decided
stand and in this sermon declares his
unwavering belief in the divine origin of
the Scriptures; text. Matthew vii, 16,
DO men gather grapes of thornsW
Not in this country. Not in any coun
try. Thorns stick, thorns laccrate, but
nll the thorns put together never yielded
one cluster of Catawba or Isabella
grapes Christ, who was the master of
apt and potent illustration. Is thus set
ting forth what YOU and | well know,
that you cannot get that which is pleas
ant and healthful ard good from that
which is bad. If you find "A round large,
beautiful cluster of grapes, you know
that it was produced by a good grape.
vine and not from tanglc of Canada
thistle. Now, If | can show you that
this holy Bible yields good fruit, health
full fruit, grand fruit. splendid fruit, you
will come t. the conclusion it is n good
Bible and ali the arguments of the
Fkeptic against it when he tries 10 show
A. l. had booL ,,ill 90 ovorhoord
ono mon cctbnr ,roros ~ thorrs .,
nan a hod honi, ,.;alJ cood rosrlts
Skortios With ,rn,f vobcmcrco dccI,ro
,b,t +bo phil 10 , cr,,oI hool The,
rco1 thc etorc ~ tho ovtorminotion ~
,hn CIno.nitos and of ali tho o,ciont
,'.,rs md NJ tha his,orv ~ David md
1a.L,a n,,1 +1,a, a,,,,o - tbo oor,nI,sin,,
tb,t tho RibIc /, IN fovor Of locer,tion
a,1 ,ra,sio,,.r+nr nrd nossocro \ny
Lo, hool viii rroJnco n hod roeult. a
rrr,l hool. will nroluro a crrcl resrIt
Va, bova frionds nh, boyo boor In Tho
bouit Of reading tho R;hIe a great many
,oo,s Uo,o ,.n,, rot,ced n tendency to
crnn.,- nm ,bc;. n,r,9 Uovo Won evcr
hoard apv NJ tLom come ont and nrocti.
coIly saw ~ bnve hccn rcodinc thr story
abnnt The determination Of tbe canaan.
Ito and am soized unor with a disposi.
ZION 10 cut and slash and maui and pinch
and murder and knock to pieces every
thing | can lay my hands on?" Have
your friends in proportion as they be-
come dligent Bible students and disci-
pies OF the Christ Of the Bible shown a
tendency toward massacre and murder
and mansaughtcr? Has that been your
observation?
Eject On Children.
What bos boon tho efect unon vour
children Of this cruel hook? Or if Won do
NOT allow the hook TO be read in vour
borscbold what bos hocn tho orfoct unor
sbe children Of other households whore
tba word Of Cod is bonorcd7 uovn +hcv
nc = result or reading this crucI hook
porc forth with Il crucl shirt 70 mil the
winos off flies and to ninion rrosshonnors
and IN rob birds nests? A crnel book
orobt ia mako cruel noonlo. If thnv dill
1artIv road il and Got absorbed with its
nrincinjes that cause must nroduca that
.frect Ar what time did Won notice that
sbo TEACHINGS Of This holy Rible created
,.unItv in tho bcart and tho life Of
Cenrrr Peabody. Of Miss Dix. Of Flor
once NiobtingoIe of John Howard Of
Johr Frederick Obcrlin. OF Abbot AN
eSnce9 Hovo Won noticed in reading the
hioeraphy OF these people that in pro-
portion MS thev became friends of the
I,ihle thcv hecome enemies to humanity?
usve Won rot on tho contrary MOTTO
cd that all the institutions of mercy
estoblished or boinc, established were
chiefly supnorted bv the friends of this
hooL5 Thrrc is tho hosnital in wartime
There arc 20 Christian women. They
ore binding nm wounds. they are offering
cord.ols. thev are kneolinr down bv the