The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07

:uy other book who has discovered
the extraordinary beauty and power
Of the Bible. .-~....
We must valiantly defend the Bible
against irreverence. 1t is the bull
wark of our c;Vilixation-the founda-
ton CT liberty. tie cornerstone OF
truth. submit whether we do not
commit a serious odense against the
sacredncss Of the Book when we in
dulge in constant jokes and puns based
upon the Scriptures It cannot be
anything less than sinful sacrilege to
weave the holy 1ersonages and Incl
dents Of Bible history into ridicu-
lous story The Bible dEals with most
serious questions which involve the
life and death and veal and woe Of
the race. and do We not violate its
sacred rights when we make it the
basis Of our fun and laughter? This
is q popular desecration, which. like
CZzah;s sin. has been committed so
long that it has not occurred to many
people that they are unintentionally
undermining the very book which
they desire most to defend.
The Sabbath is a sacred vessel A
divinely instituted day. for rest and
worship and home. We cannot spare
the Sabbath, but we cannot keep it
if it is steadily allowed to become more
and more social and a business day.
Ali vices and enemies Of our nation
thrive best where the first day of
the week is Increasingly reverenced.
Dinner parties and hilarious outings
arranged for the Sabbath are direct
attacks upon the security Of OUT re-
public. The perpetuity Of 4 nation
depends upon the reverence of the
people. When the temples are empty,
the walls Of the citadel erumble.
When the affairs Of worship are neg
lected, virtue and purity are de-
throned, a nations protectors lose their
courage and spirit Of sacrifice and
there is speedily decline and fall. God
has put Himself on record as ready
to cause those nations to ride upon
the high places Of the earth" which
keep His Sabbaths. History fulfils
in every century the curses Of the
Almighty which have rested upon
those people who have destroyed His
ho1y day. Why do we argue the
question when he who runs may read2
The human body is sacred vessel
What a marvellous gift is the voice..
with its capabilities Of music and
speech. Alas. that ever it's powers are
profaned! Consider, too. the tastes
and appetites and muscular possibili-
ties and vital forces. What exquisite
joys God has invested in the human,
body! But, desecrated and disre-,
garded, how this body may become a
bundle Of elashing nerves, prison.
pen full Of cruel and warning enemies.
Gods great apostle wrote, "If any
man defile the temple Of Cod" as the
body is called, "him shall God de-
stroy; for the temple Of God is holy,
which temple ye are"
The human minG-soul-is a sacred
vessel. A man is not With call dill
gence. for out Of it are the issues Of
life.' Man is the upward looking
animal. Lis mind has been created
with powers of concentration and
analysis. that he might find out God.
When man uses his faculties against
his Creator. he has desecrated sacred
vessel. Mans logical faculty and pow
ers Of invention are often diverted 20
the injury instead Of the elevation Of
men. A prostituted printing press is
doing much in vampire literature" to
violate the human mind. Z bad book
or an immodest picture is a poisoned
arrow driven into the mind. from
which an absolute recovery is not pos
sible. Each must revere his own
mind. and shield himself from the
ten thousand inimical influences that
are intended to thrive on the spelia-
ton Of pure natures. How empty
would be the playhouses and how
bankrupt many Of the publishers if
the American people would, suddenly.
refuse to be any longer the recep-
tacles for the filth and corruption Of
many Of the popular books and most
of the popular dramas! -.
Josephus says that in the closing
scenes Of Jerusalem, such were the IT..
reverent and sacrilegeous practices of;
the people, that if the Romans had
not destroyed the city, some dreadful
Judgment like that which befell Sodon
would have come upon that city. Thus;
indeed. have nations and cities and
individuals disappeared under the dis
integrating processes Of irreverence.
AS the bold and wicked BelshazZar
was, in revelry and drunkenness. de,
filing the sacred vessels of the LORD,
a white hand came out Of the black
sleeve Of the night. and wrote, in
letters of fire, "Thou art weighed in
the balances and art found wantingw;
And that night the irreverent young
king was found dead IN his palace.
The inexorable penalty Of irreverence
is death!
But they who bear reyerently the
ark Of God, who obediently follow the
commands Of God, who daily honor
in thought and deed the Son Of God,
who hold in highest esteem the priv
ileges Of the sons Of God. shall enjoy
peace and joy forever more. for the
reward of reverence is life-here and
hereafter! .~
Drawn Toward tho Unseen Country.
We have secured property right in