The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-29

oi God, from divine .nspration-do you
suppose God would allow these pure pro-
phccie- tO be bound Up and put 100 the
same envelope with the book Ot job, and
the book OF Psalms, and the book Oi Dcu.
terOuomy, and the other books, d those
books were not good books
BESIDES all tins, You must remember
that the most OF the writers Ot this book
were uucducatcd men. How can you dc-
count for the fact that when Thomas Bdb-
ngton Ahcauldy standing In the house oi
Parliament ~ London, wanted 20 finish of
"a magnificent sentence. hc quoted from
the fishermen of Galilce, or. sitting iu hIs
house, wanting 10 finish one OF ius great
paragraphs Oi history hc quoted the words
oi the fishermen OF GdlIlcot
Why IN II that tho." uucducatcd men
have more influence on modern times than
all the scholars OF antiquity Because they
were dlWncly inspired, because God stood
back of them. They were not educated
and scholarly. II was not by force of
rhetoric that they tflumphcd, bat to-day
those humble fishermen those uucducatcd
fishermen, WELD more influence iu AL our
modern cities than any twenty-five men
living m this generation and day They
must have been inspired. There must
have been "A divine influence behind them
and before them and above them and with
IN them.
Besides that, you must remember that
thu book has been under tire fer cCutd-
RES and after all the bombardmcnt OF the
skcDtIcs OF all the centuries they have not
knocked out OF this Bible piece az large
as the small end OF a sharp needle. Oh
how the old book sticks together!
lnsanctiicd gcOlOgIsts try TO pull away
the bOul, of Genesis. they say they do not
believe It. II cannot be there was hight
before the sun shOnc, IL cannot Toe all this
Il Il
az the book OF Genesis, and they have been
pulling great while, yet where rs the
book OF Genesis? Standing just where IL
stood all the time. There ~ not a man on
earth who has ever ed IT from hls Bi-
Bile
And so the inddcls have been trying to
pull away the miTaccg, pulling away az the
blasted hg tree, at the turning OF the
water INTO wine, at the raising OF Lazarus
from the dead. Can you show me a Bible
from which one OF these miracles has been
crascly
How marvclously the old book sticks to-
gctheri All the striking at THESE chapters
only driving them IN deeper until they are
clnchcd on the other side with the ham
mcrs OF eternity.
And the book ls going 10 keep right on
until the tires of the last day are kmdlcd.
Some OF them viii begin on one side and
some on the other side OF the old book.
They will not find bundle OF loose manu-
scripts easily consumed 10y the fire.
When the fires OF last day are KIN
died, some will urn on this side, from
Genesis toward Revelation, and others viii
burn on this side, from Revelation toward
Genesis, and m all their way they Will not
hnd "A single chapter or a single verse out
OF place That will he the first time we
can afford TO do without the Bible.
What will Toe the use of tn book of Cen
esis, descriptive OF how the world was
made, when the world ls destroyed What
VIII bc the use of the prophecies when they
are all ulhllcdy What viii bC the use of
the evangelistlc or Pauuac description of
Jesus Christ when We Him face 10 face!
But | do not think we will give up the
Bible even at that time. ! think we viii
want the Bible IN heaven. | really think
the fires of the last day viii not consume
the last copy, for when YOU and | get our
dead children out OF the dust we want TO
show them Just the passages just the
promises which Comtortod Us here m the
dark day of intermeut and we will want
TO talk over with Christians who have had
trials and struggles and we Will want TO
show them the promises that especially re.
ircshcd us | think we shall have the Bi-
blC in heaven.
Oh, | want to hear David with his own
voice read, The Lord Is my shepherd;
| want To hear Paul with his own voice
read. Thanks toe unto God that givcth us
the victory | want to hear the archangel
play paul's march of the resurrection
with the same trumpet with which he
awokc the dead q blessed book good
enough tor earth good enough for heaven.
Dear old book book hespattered with
the blood OF martyrs who died for It's de-
tense, book sprlnkcd all over with the
tears OF those who 10y It were Comtorted,
Put II m the hands of your children on
their birthday; put 1t on the table IN the
sitting room when YOU begin 90 keep
house; put II under your head when You
die Dear old book | press IT TO my
heart, ! press It To my lips.
w here shall ! got' sald dying HIndoo
go the Buhmitlc priest 20 whom he had
gwen money to pray for his salvation
Where shall | 20 after | die| The
Rrahmitic priest said, You Will hrst OF al
go into a holy quadruped But sand
the diving liudoo, where shall go them
Then YOU shall 60 into q singing hird.
But" said the diving Hindoo. where
then shall goE Then said the Rrah
mite. you Will 60 into beautiful flow
CT. The dying liudoo threw up hls arms
m an agony ot solicitation as he said, Bat
whc'c shall | 60 last ot allt' Thank Cod
this Bible tells the lludoo tells YOU, tells
me. not where | shall go to-day, not where
! shall so tomorrow. not where ! shall go
next year. hnt where | shall - last oi all,