The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-05
REV. UR. TALMAGE
BY The EMINENT III
VINE LAST SUNDAY
Subject: The Best of All Eooks-The
Bibles Divine Origin Upheld--F III
filled Prophecies of the Old Testament
Prove Its Enanation From Goo.


filled Prophecies of the Old Testament
Prove Its Ernanation From Goo.
copyright 1901
WASHINGTON, d. C.-In the great con-
Eict now raging in Europe, as in this coun-
try, between Christianity and agnostlclsm
DR.. Tabnage has taken a decided stand,
and in this sermon declares his unwaver-
ing belief in the divine origin OF the Scrip
lures; text, Matthew vii, l6, do men
gather graees OF thorns:Y
Not Ia his country. Not in any coun-
try. 1horns stick, thorns laceratc, pat
all the thorns put together never yielded
one cluster OF Catawba or Isabella grapes,
Christ, who was the master of apt and po-
tent illustration, is thus setting forth what
you and | well know-that you cannot get
that which Is pleasant and healthiul ana
good from that which is bad. Ii you ind
a round, large, beautiful cluster OF grapes,
you know that it was produced by good
grapevine, and not from tangle OF Can
ada thistle Now, if | can show you that
TINS Holy Bible yields good fruit, heathtue
fruit, grand fruit, splendid fruit, you VIII
come to the conclusion it Is coed Bible,
and all the arguments OF the skeptlGG
against it when he tries to show 1t Is bad
book will go overheard.
DO mon gather grapes of thorns? Tan
bad hook yield good results; Skeptlc'
with great vehemence declare that the BIZ
bic is a cruel book. They read the story
OF the determination OF the Canaanites
and oi all the ancient wars and OF the his
tory of David and Joshua, and they come
to the conclusion that the Bible is in Ia
vor of laceration and manslaughter and
massacre Now, a bad book will produce
a bad result, a cruel book will produce
cruel result
habit of reading the Bible a great many
,C+,aaI tendency
cruelty on their part? Have you ever
heard any of them come out and practl-
callv say q have been reading the story
about the determination of the Canaanltes
and | am seized upon with disposition
to cut and slash and maui and pinch and
murder and knock TO- pieces everything l
can lay my hands on" Have your friends
in proportion as they become dlligent Iii,
BILE students and disciples OF the Christ OF
the Bible shown a tendency toward mas
sacre and murder and manslaughter! Has
that been your observation?
What has been the effect upon your chill
dren Of this cruel book? Or, if you do not
allow the book to be read in your house
hold. what has been the effect upon the
children of other households where the
Word of God is honored! Have they as
result of reading this cruel book gone
forth with a cruel spirit to pull the wings
off flies and to pinion grasshoppers and to
ro4 VI ar Us reo9ie. + tb@v dil@entT read
- ND C-e+ abgorbni with Is nri1cinIes that
na" r'siN T3nst nrodnce that effect. AT what
time did you notice that the teachings OF
this Holy Bible created cruelty in the heart
and the life of George Peabody, OF Miss
Un,,,.or5 81 Io6n Fredericl, Oberlin. of
AIoLo+ / ol,,a,caT Have Won noticed in
-. ~ L;rlr,.a,,b of tbese Daorle tbat
IN ,,ro11ortion az thev became friends OF
~ ~ r ;6In +bnv became enemies to human
80 IL 20, r0t on tho contrary no.
+;oood +bat iii the institutions of mercy
1,.eTo ostobI;ebad or heino established
E.ere chieav snn9orted bv fhe friends OF
~ boolCg There j. tbe bosnital in war
t;rno Thera are twenty Christian women.
IN. arc binding IN wounds they are OF
fo,.;4o cord;alS t6ey are Eneelinc down nv
The Zinc nTavinp for their departing spir-
~ W'6are does +be cruelty cron ont
IT.. ba,-o Laon reaGinc tbe RibIe atI their
i;I.es Tbav road If every morning: they
road if every NIGHT. thev carry it under
tbei, arm whom tRev 90 into the hosDital.
AGAIN infjdels 90 on and most vehe-
nenfIv charge that this Bible is an impure
I'll. W I'll i-To,,. that an Immune hook
nTodrces imnnre results. No amount of
money could hire YOU to allow your child
+o read an unclea., book. Now. if this BIZ
He he an ir,n11ra hook where are the vic
tin,s1 Vour father read ibid it make
him a had man? Your mother read it
did did if make her a bad woman? Your sis
tar Gftpen Years in heaven died in the
faith Of this gospei-did it despoil her ma
ture2 Some saw there are 100000 900 cop
i sui Of the Bible IN existence; some say there
arr 400 900. 900 copies Of the Bible. 1t is
imnossible to give the accurate statistics
Rut snnnose there are 200 600. 900 copies Of
tbn R;ble abroad this one book read more
th J, any any twenty books that the world
ever nri1ted' this book abroad for ages,
for noes for centuries-where are the vic
t I'm SHOW me 1000; show me 500 vic
Tins Of an imnure book: show me 100 de-
enoiled of thp Rible: show me fifty: show
me l,ot ten. show me two: show me one. Two
bnrJrad million comics of an impure book,
and not one victim of the impurity. On
a. onHtrerv Won know very well that it is
,I.boro tbe Ri6Ie has the most power that
tba FAMILY institution is most respected.
IA I'm sgnostics 90 on still further. and
+,,a,5 .ay re Bibie Is mass of contradic-
~ my say Syr6 tbav nrt pronhct against pro
1ioltS' oono,eI;:t 9goinsf EVANGELIST, apos-
e,Iosf1e Ind tbev saw if this be
~ tie %sl,l, i|, PoT, can that he true Mr.
Mn HG I Ibo' vas a fr;nnd of the Bible said
" JSoo2.oraJ "a n01 different read