The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-11-07

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eyes that the Bible Is lie." Law" she
said, 81 would believe the Bible before
would my own eyes. These old eyes
OF mine have fooled me a thousand
times, but that blessed old Bible has
never deceived me In a single instance
yet" Sturgeon says: "The Bible is the
writing of the living God. Each letter
was penned with an Almighty finger
each word In 1t dropped from the ever
lasting lips: each sentence was dictated
by the Holy Spirit. Albeit that Moses
was employed to write the histories
with his fiery pen, God guided that pen.
It may be that David touched his harp,
and let sweet psalms Of melody drop
from his fingers; but God moved his
hands over the living strings Of his
golden harp. Solomon sang canticles OF
love, and gave forth words of consum-
mate wisdom; but God directed his lips.
and made the preacher eloquent. II
follow the laundering Nahum when the
horses pillow the waters; or Habakkuk,
when he sees the tents Of Cushan In af-
Fiction; II I read Malachi, when the
earth Is burning like an oven; II turn
to the smooth page of John, who tells OF
love; or the rugged chapters of Peter,
who speaks of fire devouring Gods en-
emies; IL / turn aside to Jude, who
launches forth anathemas upon the foes
I of God, everywhere find GOD speaking;
1t is Gods voice, not mans; the words
are Gods words; the words OF the Eter-
nal, the Invisible. the Almighty, the Je-
hovah of ages. This Bible is Gods Bible;
and when see 1t, seem to hear voice
springing up from 1t, saying: I am the
Book of God: man, read me; am Gods
writing: study my page, for was
penned by God; love me, for He is my
author, and you will see Him visible
and manifest everywhere
A ND we ought to read Gods Word be-
n cause 1t is the only revelation OF
God to man. All, yes, nature may speak
Of a God. As we behold the lilies Of the
field which ton not nor spin, yet which
which Solomon in all his glory never
knew, we exclaim in rapture. surely only
a God could have made these. AS we lift
our eyes to the stars and behold the
vastness and splendor and intricacies Of
the universe, the overpowering thought
sweeps over our soul that only mighty,
powerful Creator and God could have
made them and hung them in space. As
we feel the throb of life in our own
veins, as we behold life In Its myriad
forms in the insect and animal worlds.
we are conscious Of the existence OF q
vital something which must have is
sued from a high controlling force and
power. The thought and sense OF God
are all about us. How could 1t be other
wise when everything In the heavens
above and the earth beneath and the
waters under the earth bear the GER
tain impress of the creative hand and
fingers of God? But, Notwithstanding
all this, man needs the Bible to tell him
of the God which he discovers all about
| him. 1t is not enough that man should
| know there is God, he must know
about that God and the way back to
Him. The Bible is the only source OF
such knowledge. Therein we find not
only who and what God is, but who and
what man is, what his need, and how
God has wonderfully provided for that
need. The heart of the Bible Is discov-
cred to be the Christ, about Whom all OF
Gods thoughts and plans revolve, Who
is the full revelation Of the character OF
| God, and Who redeems back to God q
sin-ruined race OF beings.
search the Scriptures for salvation,
| Christ the Lord has told US so:
| Every tongue and every nation
should the Holy Bible know
NAN should read the Bible because
M it is the only true guide to the pres
emit life and to the life to come. II
teaches him how to live and how to die.
II shows man how to treat his fellow
man; 1t instructs in political economy
social order and domestic relations; II
exalts the home; 1t indorses the nations
as the powers which have been ordained
of God. and it encourages and teaches
the truest patriotism and the bravest
devotion to uprightncss and truth. The
man who reads the Bible and lives the
bible is thoroughly furnished unto
everv good work" The man who neg,
lects the Bible cannot think right, can
not act right, cannot be right. In the
DAYS of Josiah. the king OF judah, the
Word of God was lost and forgotten II
the neglected and deserted temple. The
nation fell into grievous sins. Ever
the pious king did not realize the ex
ceeding low standard Of morals and re-
lieion In the nation, because he was ig
norant of Gods Word, but when the rol
was found and read to the king he rem
his clothes and trembled before God. be
.. cause then he realized how far the ma
ton had wandered from God. To-da.
!. there is neglect Of Gods Word. Their
,. IA a gradual drifting away from its higl
.. standards, both in the national AM
! domestic life, both In the social an
! business world. The present generation
"a what 1t is because Of Bible-readin
; forefathers and mothers. With the neg
, ,ect of the Bible in this generation, wha
will be the heritage which will be passe
!, down TO succeeding generations? TIL
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