The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-03-21

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is your certain interest"
Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the
Declaration of Independence said:
Il have said, and always will say, that
the studious perusal Of the sacred vol
Nc will make better citizens, bet
ter fathers and better husbands
Daniel Webster, than whom a brain
Ter man has not lived under our flag,
said: The Bible is the book OF all
others for lawyers as we'll as dlyines,
and | pity the man who cannot find
in it a rich supply of thought and rule
Of conduct" 1T is a belief in the
Bible" wrote Goethe, which has
served me as a guide of my moral and
literary life. No criticism will be able
to perplex the confidence we have in
a writing whose contents have
stirred up and given vital life and
energy by its own. The further the
ages advance in civilization the more
the Bible will be used"
Matthew Arnold has not been ac-
cused Of sympathy with Christianity,
but he had brains and he wrote: TO
the Bible men will return because
they cannot do without It."
The Bible Essential.
Diderot, the French unbeliever,
when he looked from the ecclesiastical
machine which he had cause TO criti-
else, to the Bible itself. wrote: No
better lessons can l teach my child
than those of the Bible"
Even Prof. Huxley, though he had a
narrow, scientific spirit, was compelled
to write: Il have always been in
favor of secular education without the
ology, but l must confess that | have
been no less seriously perpleXed to
know by what practical methods the
religious feeling, which is the essen
tial basis of moral conduct, is to be
kept up in the present chaotic state OF
opinion or these matters without the
use of the Bible"
Rosseau, strong and Independent,
though skeptical, wrote: "Peruse the
books Of philosophers, with all their
pomp of diction. How meager, how
contemplate are they when compared
with the Scriptures. The majesty OF
the Scriptures strikes me with ad'
miration."
We could fill volumes with quota
tions from famous Christian scholars,
but these are from skeptical men OF
brains and culture who view the Bible
simply as an intelligent, moral and ed
vocational force.
Webster's Strong Tribute.
Great men, though not Christians,
give the same high estimate of Jesus
Christ. Daniel Webster wrote: Il
believe Jesus Christ to be the Son OF
God. The miracles which he wrought
establish in my mind his personal au'
thority and render it proper for me
to believe what he asserts"
Ralph Waldo Emerson said: Jesus
is the most perfect Of all men that
have yet appeared"
Napoleon B~Onaparte, with a mind as
discriminating and logical as Web
ster's. held the same view. Il know
men, said Napoleon, and l tell you
Jesus Christ was not a man. Superb
cial minds see a resemblance between
Christ and the founders of empires
and the gods of other religions. That
resemblance does not exist. There is
between Christianity and other reli-
gions the distance Of i%nfinity. Alex
ander, Caesar, Charlemagne and my
self founded empires. But on what did
we rest the creations of our genius?
Upon sheer force. Jesus Christ alone
founded his empire upon love; and at
this hour millions of men will die for
him."
On one occasion Gen. Bertrand eX.
pressed to Napoleon his doubt as to
the deity of Christ. IF you do moi
believe that Jesus Christ was d.
vine,' returned Napoleon, Il did
wrong to appoint you general"
What Renan Wrote.
Ernest Renan, who lost his profess
sorship in the University Of Paris on
account of his infdelity, wrote of
Christ: All history is Incompetent
sible without him. He created the OBJ,
ject and fixed the starting point Of
the future faith of humanity. He is
the Incompatible man to whom the
universal conscience has decreed the
title of Son of God, and that with
JuSIlCc. III IL AISL TALK OIL lOlS
grand family Of true sons of God we
must place Jesus. The highest con.
seriousness of God that ever existed
in the breast of humanity was that of
Jesus. Repose now in thy glory,
noble founder. Thy work is finished.
Thy divinity is established. Thou
shalt become the corner stone of hui.
mainly so entirely that to tear thy
name from this world would rend it to
its foundations. Between thee and
God there will no longer be any dis.
tfnction. Complete c%onQueror of death. |
take possession of thy kingdom, width.
er shall follow thee, by the royal road
which thor hast traced. ages O,
Rdoring worshiperA-"