Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-15

Iuct lnat IL mas commanded the au
mifation of the greatest thinkers Of The
ages? II this book, which acclaims
Christ, does not bear the investigation
OF the mind how was II that Sir VII
liam Jones. the greatest linguistic hui
man encyclopedia who ever lived, once
said In reference to that Bible, IL have
carefully and regularly perused the
Scriptures and am of the opinion that
this book, Independent Of its divine
origin, contains more subllmity, purer
morality, more important history and
finFf strains Of eloquence than can be
collected from all other books, no mat
ter In what language they may have
been written" If Christ's Bible does
not appeal to the brain, how can you
account for the fact that Thomas Car
lyle, a great intellectual leader Of the
English speaking world, whose dys.
peptic stomach made him chronically
growl at everybody and everything,
once declared that the book of Job was
the finest prose poem ever written, or
that Lord jeffrey. the hard headed
critic OF the Edinburgh Review. always
carried In his side pocket st. Johns
Apocalypse because he felt that 1t was
masterpiece of literature? All, those
testimonies do not tend TO prove that
Christ only influences the ignorant and
the mentally superstitlous.
II this Bible does not appeal to the
brain, how is 1t that science and reve-
lation, by the statements of the Bible,
are daily becoming more and more har-
monized? AS intelligent men, do you
not know that, though the scientists
have for centuries been squabbllng,
these differences are gradually passing
away and that science and revelation
are. coming into closer and more har-
monious relations In regard to many
things whereon they formerly dis
agreed? II Is only within few weeks
that Professor Sayce. writing on the
latest archaeological discoveries. said,
"In every case where we can test the
Bible story by contemporaneous monu-
ments, the authenticity OF which Is
doubted by no one, We find 1t confirmed
and explained. even In the minutest
points" DO you not know, as intelli-
gent men and women, that many re.
cent discoveries Of the archaologists
prove that the leaves of the Bible, some
OF them written 5000 years ago, are
absolutely in accord with scientific
facts which are continually being re-
vealed?
That the Bible and modern scientific
statements are being more and more
harmonized by recent investigations
and discoveries Is illustrated by an in
cident which happened some years ago
in the city Of Philadelphia while | was
prfI Iching there. II you ever have had
any dealings with medical students
yoL know that there is proportionately
more infdellty among them as class
than among any other body of young
men. Most OF this infidellty. believe
is caused by the evil influences Of the
dissectng room One day. when a
me&Cal professor. while lecturing upon
o,nno w Quoted the well known pas
for q No. 10. J. h. HsbArd N'sF> sne
rai4, dfJ. .1t &C classroom. The col
legd professor raised his hand for ST.
lence and said: Tut, tut, tut, gentle
men; there is no need for laughing.
am not a minister. nor the son OF q
minister, nor am processing Chris
tian, but here and now want to state
that the more study that Bible the
more it appeals to my intelligence as
IN inspired book. | am as firmly con-
yinced that the Bible is inspired as
was the centurion convinced Of the dl-
vinity Of Christ. when at the foot of the
cross he cried out in awe, Truly this
man was the Son Of God This very
passage Just quoted displays knowl'
edge which could not have been ac-
duired by the man who wrote it In any
other way thnn by revelation. For cen
turies scientists ridiculed Jobs simile
about the skin Of the teeth. But few
years ago a microscope was invented
with such powerful lens that, much to
the surprise Of the scientists, it was
found that Job was right. Over the
tooth there is a thin skin, the infinitesi-
NAL part Of IN inch in thickness. No
body was ever able to see this skin
with the naked eye. yet Job saw it In
inspiration thousands OF years before
the microscope was invented"
The Second Superscription.
The superscrlption OH the cross was
written also in Latin. This implies
that Christ will one day be the SUI
preme ruler Of the world as well as
the king OF the intellect and the ruler
Of the heart Rome means conquest.
In that one word Of four letters we
have the tramp OF the invading legions
uf Julius Caesar triumphlng over the
Gauls or Of the Augustan hosts annex
Ing the Kingdom Of Cleopatra to the
empire. or we see the cleaning spears
Of Scipio driving the mighty Hanni-
bal over the Alps and hurling him back
across the seas. or wa near the huge
Gathering rams Of Titus crashing in
thp gates of the Davidic capital AS
England today. on account OF ner great
navy and numerous mercantile fleets,
is called the mistress OF the seas" SO
Rome. on account of her great armies
and navies. could claim to be ruler OF
the seas as well as the mistress OF the
world"
This homage OF earthly rulers to the
Heavenly King is not an allegiance
which is only to be given to Christ In
the dim future. 1t Is becoming more
md more universal year by year. Some
people are apt to picture the greatest
of conquerors as Sesostris or an At
tila or an Alexander or Charlemagne
marching at the head OF great host.
while the heavens are raining blood
and the highways are paved with
corpses. But an earthly conqueror
throne Is nearly always short lived ana
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