Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-17
Statement Concerning the Bible.
Editor Edeeheld Advertiser:

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Editor Edge6eld Advertiser:
The Rev. J. H. Danner, who as
sisted Dr.. J. L. Stokes in a revival
meeting in Walhalla Methodist
church some time ago, used very
com prehensive statement of what
the Bible is, and I will ask you to
publish it: 1t would be well for
everybody to read just what the
Bible is in the beginning of this
new year of grace 1917.
THE BIBLE.
When We pray we talk to God:
when we read the Bible God talks
to us. Wonderful book!
hold in my hand the only chart
which has safely guided all former
navigations of this treacherous sea.
Here is the sublimest poetry; the
oldest and only code of morals, an
cient and accurate account of our
ancestors and tour origin; the only
revelation of our duty and destiny;
the only reliable definition of good
ness and of God; the only authori-
tatlve statement of seasons and rela.
tionships of causes and conse.
quence. 1t marks out the only road
from sin to salvation, from sour to
sweet, from bad to better and best,
from fear to freedom, from hovel to
a home in Heaven.
Blessed Book! Bond of union
between me and mine, between the
shadow and the substance, between
the seeming and the substantial, the
smoky here and the sublimeI here
after.
Wonderful Book! l let it fall
open before me, and see my sim
fuiness and my Saviour, my help
lessness and my help, my criminal
ity and my holy calling, my con-
demnation and my Christ, my cross
and my crown, my calvary and my
coronation, my rain and my resur-
reclion, my fall and my Father, my
life's brevity and Jordan's bridge,
my last sickness and my eternal
soundness.
My Book! I want nothing more
cooling when burned by the last
fever; want nothing warmer as a
cover in the chill of death; I want
no softer pillow in my coffin; l
want no brighter light in the dark
valley; 1 want no better staff when
feeling for Jordsn's crossing; I want
no sharper sword when assaulted on
the last battlefield; l want no de-
viner rod Of comfort; want no
better legacy for my children. I
bequeath only this to posterity. /
will ponloon Jordan with it's pages;
l will take it as my passport to the
entrance gate yonder. l will plead
the merits of it's Central Figure in
the judgment; on its authority l
will die in hope and rise in expect
ancy. Through its teaching ex-
pect to know how to assist in crown
ing Jesus Lord of All. Guided by
it will know my house in Heaven,
and my place among the angels.
What blessed book the Bible is.
The book contains the mind of God,
the state of man, the way of saliva
tion, the doom of sinners, the hap
piness of believers. Its doctrines
are holy, its precepts binding, its
histories true, it's discussions immu
table.
Read it to be wise, believe it to
be safe, and practice it to be holy.
1t contains light to direct your feet,
to support you, and comfort and
cheer you. 1t is the travellers map,
the pilgrims staff, the pilots COM
pass, the soldiers sword and the
Christians charter.
Here Paradise is restored, Heaven
opened, and the gates of hell dis
closed, Christ is its grand spirit,
our good its design, and the glory
of God it's end. 1t should fill the
memory, rule the heart, and guide
the feet.
Read slowly and frequently,
slowly and prayerfully. 1t is
mine of wealth, a paradise of glory,
and river pleasure. 1t is given to
you in this life, and will be opened
at the Judgment and be remembered
forever. 1t involves the highest
responsibility, rewards the greatest
labor, aid condemns all who trihe