Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-06-29

divine heart Just as easily as tnaC alsIe can
be traced to that door and that aisle to
that door.
Jerome and Eusebius in the first century
and Origen in the second century. and
other writer's in the third and fourth CEN
trrics gave list of the New Testament
writer's Just exactly corresponding with
cur list, showing that the same New Tes-
lament which we have they had in the
fourth century. and the third century and
the second century and the first century
But where did they get the New Tesla
ment? They got it from Irenaeus. Where
did Irenaeus get it? He got it from Poly.
carp. Where did Polycarp get it? he, got
it from st. John. who was the personal as
sociate of the Lord Jesus Christ. My
grandfather gave book to my father, my
gave it to me, give it to my child MD, LIS
there any difficulty in tracing this line?,
lice at that end of the aisle and the cha
lice will pass along to the other end of the
aisle. Will it be difficult to trace the line
of that holy chalce? No difficulty at all:
This one will say. II rave it to that one"
and this one will say, II gave it to that
one" But it will not be so long line as
this to trace the New Testament 1t is
easier to get TT the fact. But you say:
"Although this was handed right down in
that way, who knows but they were lying
imposters? How can you take their testi.
mony" They died for the truth of that
book. Men never die for a lie cheerfully
and triumphantly. They were not living
impostors They died in triumph for the
truth of that New Testament.
"Well." says some one. now | am ready
to believe that the New Testament is
from the heart of Christ, but how. about
the Old Testament? Why do you believe
that" I believe the Old Testament be.
cause the prophecies foretold events hum
dreds and thousands of years ahead
events which afterward took place. How
far can you see ahead? Two thousand
years? Can you see ahead a hundred years!
Can you see ahead five minutes? No, no.
Human prophecy amounts to nothing.
of years back, and they foretold events
which came accurately true far on. in the
future centuries. Suppose l should stand
| here and say to you, twenty-five hundred
and sixty years from now, three miles and
| half from the city of Moscow there will
| pc an advent and it will be in a. certain
| family, and It will be amid certain sur
| roundings." 1t would make no impression
| upon you, because you know l cannot fore
| see thousand years oil, one year or one
| minute and l cannot tell what is going to
what these old prophets did.
You must remember that Tyre and
| Babylon and Nineveh were in full pomp
| and splendor when these prophecies, these
old prophecies, said they would be de-
stroyed. Those cities had architecture that
| makes the houses of modern cities per-
| fectly insignificant. Yet these old pro-
phets walked right through those ,magniti-
cent streets and said, This has all got to
come down; this is all going to be lleveled.''
| Besides that, you must remember that
| this book has been under fire fer centu-
| ries, and after all the bombardment of the
| sleptics of all the centuries they have not
knocked out of this Bible piece as large
| as the small end of sharp needle. Oh,
how the old book sticks together!
| Unsanctihed biologists try to pull away
the book of Genesis. They say they do not
believe it. 1t cannot be there was light
before the sun shone, 1T cannot be, all this
story about Adam and Eve, and they pull
at the book of Genesis, and they have been
pulling a great while, yet where is the
book of Genesis? Standing just where il
stood all the time, There is not a man on
earth who has ever led it from his Bi
BILE.
And so the infdels have been trying to
pull away the miracles, pulling away at the
| blasted fig tree, at the turning OF the
water into wine, at the raising OF Lazaru;
from the dead Can you show me Bible
from which one Of these miracles has been
| erased!
How marvelousiy the old book sticks to
gether All the striking at these chapters
only driving them in deeper until they are
chnched on the other side with the ham
mers of eternity.
| And the book is going to keep right, or
l ~ e l. LIT i md o.
Some of them will begin on one side ano
some on the other side OF the old book
They will not find bundle of loose manu-
scripts easily consumed by the fire.
When the fires of t. last day are kin
died, some will burn on this side, from
Genesis toward Revelation, and others vii
burn on this side, from Revelation towarC
Genesis, and in all their way they will mo-
find single chapter or single verse ou
of place. That will be the first time W.
can afford to do without the Bible.
| What will be the use of the book ct Ten
esis. descriptive of how the world wa
made, when the world is destroyed? Wha
will be the use of the prophecies when the.
are all fulfilled? What will be the use o
the evangelistic or Pauline description o
Jesus Christ when we see Him face to face
But [ do not think we will give up tn
Bible even at that time. L think we vii
want the Bible in heaven. | really thinl
the fires of the last day will not consum
the last copy, for when you and L get gu
dead children out of the dust we want T.
show them, just the passages, just tn
promises, which comforted us here in tn
dark day of interment, and we will wan
to talk over with Christians who have ha
trials and struggles, and we will want t
| show them the promises that especially re
| freshed us. | think we shall have the 81
BILE in heaven.
ON, want to hear David with his ow
voice read, '"The Lord is my shepherd;
| want to hear Paul with his own volc
read, Thanks be unto God that giveth u
the victory" | want to hear the archang'
play Paul's march of the resurrectioS
with the same trumpet with which b
awoke the dead! blessed book, goo
enough for earth, good enough for HEAVIER
Dear old cookbook bespattered wit
the blood of martyrs who died for its d.
tense, book sprinlxled all over with til
tears of those who by it were comforted
Put it in the hands of your children o
: their birthday; put it on the table in tt
sitting room when you begin to kee
house; put it under your head when yo
die. Dear old book! | press it to m
heart; press it to my lips.
Where shall go?" said dying Hindc
to the Brahmitic priest to whom he ha
given money to pray for his salvation
"Where shall l go after I die?" II
Brahmitic priest said, "You will first of a
20 into a holy quadruped;" But, sal
the dying Iindoo, where shall so then
"Then you shall 60 into a singing bird
But" said the dying Hindoo, "whel
then shall go?" Then" said the Bra
mite. ...you will go into, beautiful ilo'
err" The dying Hindoo threw up his ar; arm
where Shall / 90 last of all?" Thank &c
this Bible tells the Hindoo, tells you, tel
! me. not where 1 shall go to-day, not, whel
/ shall go tomorrow, not where, l shall