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 ''fatciwi«d to n« !■ ibort, bat not vnimfiorUnt. it nfert to » gabjeot on which 
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 " lluit tlM Mpeeti of our time, Mid more eipeciallj the preient itote of reli- 
 ttoiis dleeoibioiiMid oontroTeny, render it more^tban erer the dutj of Ohriftiani 
 to exteiid the drcaUtioii of the* word of God and to promote ittL■*»d3r^^ 4^ 
 
 The rabJeet of the reaolntion may be riewed in two aipeete.. We majr reftrd 
 
 it i4 ifktion to the eo»troTeraiea of earth or to the promisee of HeaTOn. With 
 
 iffpeet to the flitt of theeer-the oppoeition made to the Bible in onr daj,«>-we 
 
 jimt bear to mind that the Bible provokee oppoiitton. It le an agfieislTe book ; 
 
 ^ wakmar, to thia imperftci atoto of the world, almost meaanie the ezUnt of 
 
 '"'"' ^iniiqenet to the world by the atrife whieh it ejdtoa. The Bible denooaeea 
 
 ^ tofaany, a«peratttio% toiimaliam, hyp«criaf,,and ifljnitioe. li aaaaila rtoe, 
 
 I^Uelity, wovldliaaaa, and aeiaahnew. It ia atUl in aU theae reapeota far to 
 
 ^vanoe of our age j 1 md aU these inflaenoea, howeTer mntoally boatUe, mnat 
 
 iombtoe to enmity to he doetrinea of the BiMe, wheroTor these are propagatod 
 
 ^ praetiaed. Theae >ld enemiea are aotire to onr day aa heretofore, and the 
 
 prtoeipal difltoeaoe l|that they have taken np the new and kenner weapon of 
 
 peiea^ iaritiehRa wuerewith to pioaeonto their aaaanlto. 
 
 Thia aeooada with fhe aplrit of onr time. Tbe preaent ia a Critical age. We 
 
 iemtfoise and aaalyJe OTerythtog to aatnre, aoienoe, phitoaophy tod theology, 
 
 k atanda thia teat. The Bible itaelf eneooragea thia ton- 
 
 ** prore aU tbinga, and hdld fhat that which la good." If 
 
 rOtotobooky of aotoilneaceoranthority,itmighteaeapethia 
 
 • power to the world, gaintog to ati«h|(th erery dsy with 
 
 Itfon and totolligenee; and the fltet thaiit ezcitH in^pUr 
 
 ^^^^^ ,^^ more cheering than git #ere hidden and neglected.. 
 
 "Tlto^aaaaiata cojthe iaapiration and inthority of the Bible, which haTC 
 n^aa^y bee» mHi ia •« own langnage, hare excitod aome npprehenaion, and 
 may do 8^ haxai, bnt the feaalt la not to be dreaded j and already mnch good 
 >a been done top rodneiig tooreaaed atndy of the Seriptnrea, and to brining 
 moit piooitoeatly i Ibfward the eTtde^ce tor the toapiratton,of the book. Still 
 ^ mnatW to £»MI if nan toiniidabto atta^ ahqnld aj^Mt:. Tba 
 IngUah critidam ijaa yet only reached an dementaiy stage. * It ia bnt a clnmay 
 
 aiidreeeiT»o;nlywl 
 dentqr* ItteUana 
 Ike Bible ware aat 
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 m4 bangUag imiUiion of iU Otrman modeli, Aod hM noljei atUiacd ^ 
 tiMir nor* Mibttloai haighti. Bot U% u not ftar it From what bM alrMdy 
 ooooiTed in Gknnuiy, w« oab •*■»/ predict tbo rtiolt. It will b« tb« Tindl* 
 CAtlon of th« intogrity of tb« ttzt, • more ftill ooQTioUon of tb* ▼•loo of tb« 
 Bible biftory, • more Jait appreeiation of tbe tmtb of tbe Bible to nature end 
 to man, end of tbe lopreme grsndenrend benoty of its doctrine. Fartbtr, after 
 ali tbe arte of conitraoUwr vUMw ^Me^bf«^x^auited, it will be ebown in 
 BogUnd as elsewbere^ A^i ibe' dsif HtUAlHpoiheiie as to tbe book is ite 
 own aifertion of a OJviae origin ae a retelation from Ood. I refer bere merely 
 to tbe question of exUrnal criticism. The internal evidence of tbe book, oon- 
 reyed by tbe spirit of Ood to tbe mind of tbe Obristian, is of course uoaffeoted 
 by these oontroTcrsies. ' ' 
 
 • ^U anotber important respect I bellete tbese attacks <wni dd ^qod io tbe 
 ^se of tbe Bible. They will striit fh>m it ihe'rsgs of fklse and tfa^^Uol^l 
 eiposlttoB, and le^te It In its liatiTe purity. Many of us' i|ay itnd tbat tlews 
 And practices banded down to us as^ almost of equal authority with Scrlptur^, 
 ^Ul ^ if ^t ikW'OJf ^^ F<* *^U ^^ ^*^ neTcrtbfaesi ^be Amq^daMon of Ood 
 «t(U|d#,HM* Til* *a<i|( via rather be ]U> caue Obi^ifMif t^ «^«»v* mm 
 closely to,^ Bibl*i tp study it nfiore MMrefbllyj to be moreCfily Mnbned vitb M* 
 spii^it and doctrine, and to distinguisb more carefully between buman and 
 DW«e»«*«>Hty,lnmatler«of teligloni," ; 1 '- •' ■';•<" ' 
 i; the opp<MlUon «otbeBlbl#iponee?tden<»of tbelmpiert»a«eaMaisliMft«itby 
 UtegViat enemy of our race. No dowbt It wae nsfortnnate for flatan's kinf* 
 dba wheaWytliib tiMslMed the BiMei Into Bngllsb, and when WyclilK's doe^ 
 trtaes penetHited iato Sbhemi*. It wae a tliU mom dMMfffaiff llleiw wiien Lutber 
 «tadied tbe BiUe in the library of his manastery, and translated It lotto tbi 
 T«lgar tMfui. It Is all bat rain tonbe eMittlee of Ood that now tbe Btil« bba 
 beett traMliind Into nearty two hundred laagvag^s, aftdisMalfeiPedbhMidea^by 
 Bible JoeleUe^ of«r tbe eartb 5 tor It Is iMll, awl In all teng«M, the " fword «f 
 Ihe 0^V nnd mighty to the pvUfaig down of^tvotigboldli ' In the late 
 Bxbtbition at London, • eoraer wm aHigaed to tbe Bible Society Ibr tbe dis- 
 play oHM YeMleBsiandaProncbpoUaelan,wb»bappei*dtbObe*r«^ttiem,wiottf, 
 ^ on bis return, tb»t few tblngt there strack hitn mow fbretbly; tor tbe«» Bibles 
 In one Inndred and «i|hty Unguages repreeented 4tt hie min* the propagaiion 
 tof IBttgllsb and "Protestant Inflnenoe In nearly all the ttatloBi of tbe world, and 
 this by a flMann irbieh France and Romaniett d« Mt yoisUi, and eannot 
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 '^ 'BM let « tnrn<|hMtt ihe diMUiions irhloh.ittrvoand th» Bible, la the 
 ^^IghigkaA promlsH«rthe book Itself. I flhall preMil tbeielneenneettonwli' 
 %liata8pect In whiob otir L<W i<eteal8 blmMlf W us as the «»WoM of Ood"— 
 the only true and ^ompletis exprwsion of the Dlrlne llln4.> tbta title of ont 
 Lord 'ipetliapt list Insisted ott now than It thouM be. H w* a Ibfourlte 
 ^«e witb tiw early Obrtetlatrti ait4 with tli»pfelloi<)]^lo Ote«fc4, e(ii4 Ibdtote 
 '^ to talke V«^^ l^r^^**"^ t^*^ llban ettor biifork, In tbetbM siltlfbtare. 
 •liitMis'iapacH^ChrUt sib^^^ and anthentidnlei tb« ii«t«!«th)mi of the 
 *Olt Tettiaient at w*d«ithcw of the liwi itt tbat »id«W^ ciatti^ 
 ii^ tha P^bet% iHthtmi rijiectittg CHitisinlM^^ liHk* itttuwr h* Fra^nbil 
 
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 4Ut«4, the flQn Of M»t oo«ilo|f ia W» poww, 4^ 4l«#»»TM>i t»>M tWiwWf 
 ijitwi vU^h h*d •iirTif«4 §9 W»«7 T|«M9itBdfi|, hot hi4 hImM hip in M« 
 ■Mbl* of bttaajluMw. ThWtt th» •^Uh fcr PWmy FW ^f^P M>» fi»9«P«l 
 , Mil hMUhin iU>iii« ; wA •» ountari*! T<4U4 »wi4r. ^#A g^«in<^ p14 wbK Mm 
 Mr9«CM« akUitiMr/ 4eip<»Um th« wo(14 hft4 H«% fuii itf anoiMi PHr*!)^*"* 
 •MhdMd ia nobU UiapiM, iirvporud bj * nfMaiAwiAt piieiUu}«4, •q4 i4t»r> 
 wona with th« UttratuM and art of agw, fill b^fow the Word of Ood-fUl M 
 that word had predicted, "rolled awaj at a ioroll" firow tb« darkoaad 
 heaTeu. We can hardlj, at thif dUtano* of time, appreciate the grandear of 
 that teTolotion, or the term! in which it ia expreited by the prophet of Pat- 
 moi and by the hUtorians of the time. ' ' ' ■ ' : 
 
 Bat tk« battie bad to b« fonght over again. Ito tte iariuHt of tha Middle 
 agw^ Satan hinwilf atinmed the Oiuiitian nane, and QS«d tha reiy ei^opi o^ 
 Christ t» bi» banner and watehword, while th« word ff Ood MMatd for arar 
 boded from men, and the whole earth cnihcondad in the gloom <4||^ V^ 
 aportaoy. Again, He whoea " wordi ihall not paaa away " tnterrmB'. Tha 
 angel of tha reformation, so graodiy described in tha Apocalypse, d&dended 
 fh>m haiiTsn with the rainbow of promise aroond his bead, and standing with 
 one foot on the earth and one foot on the sea, ^il^f^ni to mM tha opan bode 
 of the Holy Scriptores, and uttered that new conunission, "Thoa mast l^o- 
 phasy again befan many peoples and nations and tongues aad Uqgs," the 
 commissio|i of ov Protestant ehorches, under which it becomes our ottca to 
 spfofd tha eTOBlastingaospel to the ends of tha earth, wtagod with all tha aaw 
 
 spead aad foroe of our modarn cifUisad^on. 
 
 Bat we must expect opposition in this. The Tsry book which gives os this 
 gloiioas pietnra, which wr cannot, I think, mtooade^tattd, tells os of tiie thn^* 
 dert of Antf^ist fromvhls iarsn hiibi mnnnarfng agiinst tha zaformatlon 
 aigel, of gtaat tumults and cetolntioiw arising ft<na tha confllet of trolh and 
 error : aad even whUa the angel of ndiwiani flias through mid heaTcn wUh the 
 CTerlasting Gospel, we sea on tte pttophetio page tha frog^Uka undaaB spirits 
 of fuperstition, ofj[lafideUty,rof rationaUsm, of &lsa spiriUialism overspreading 
 the aad^ and preparing for tha but great struggle iysiast the QOspeL . 
 
 We can parcctte thesa agencies at work in tha world now, aiid wlihiftiiii 
 «peaidng too'positltely on such subjects, I think we learn also llrom prophecy the 
 re^ts. We'sce the fUl of great- Babylon, aa event perhapi not now very 
 distant, and following that, not a flood of infideli^ overspreading the earthy 
 but the appeatanoe mofO tnanifesily than ever of the Divide Word, going 
 ft^th conqMring and to conquer : and hoV conquering? not with an aarthljf 
 swo*4 ^ -wltli a swort that proceeds out of his mouth, the " sword of tte 
 sMrif^'Udi is the WordofObdV* andwbat aM^les fbllowhitaiT notthoeeof 
 mfVt biat those of heaven ; those anaaeii whose wordi and llvet are fai iUs bdelr. 
 
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 th» Lord ihiai BMUlWt hlmMlf H*^- with th« poim of hit Spirit. Th.t thi. 
 to tho VNMnt d.t7 of tht Ohareh to ftirthw tbowft bj tho itio-f th with wWoh 
 in^mii OhriltUn iMMt, •nllfbtwi.d bj tho Spirit, b-to l« jTOur of mto- 
 •to.. ..d Blbl. clr«il*tlo., mid bj th. opening, for th... dally mU. in th. pm- 
 Tld««.ofCN.d. Ohri.V.kl»fdo« hBi H. prlod. Ilk. B.tor.. If wlntoni of 
 
 odd »d d..d..M, ito .owi»f ti-.. of fkith a»d ^'^^^ ;*• j>^^-i*;' -j^ *~^ 
 
 MMiliif . Ouw to . .owl0f thn. ; .ad l.t jw WW l*ii»d.DUj and without itiDt 
 tor th. hamit of th. latt.r d.j. 
 
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 Ms. PMHDMTr-I wn d..ply mmIM. of th. ftwt dl«ctilty, If not ImpoMl- 
 bUl^, of pm.nUnf what .hortd b. mM open thto r.«»l«Uon b.for. a pop«^f 
 aadtoLcj whU. harlng .xinln.d with oat. th. .abjoot. ••»»>^^ ;'/^^^»*« 
 ^r^r. n-rH-on. fc-U •t a lo.. how to «hlbltth. r..ull. of htolaboor 
 i. a form ...fW nnd attraoUT. b.for. thto T..t a»«bly ; y.t rine. th. rwo- 
 lation grMpt toploi nndoabti^ly .ngroulng, at th. .prw.nt mom.nt, a larg. 
 Z. JHILbllo «tt«.tk«. ..p.otolIy m th. r.llflon. world. It to a prop.r .ub- 
 }Mt of dtoomlon upon thto platform. . « i* ♦!.. rjm*— th.t 
 
 Th. rowlntUm to^plto. that o.rtaln oppo.ltion to oftorod to «»• Bibl«H-th.t 
 crtl parU.. ar. Lay* H^^ " In op.n hoitlUty^that lU frtond.and 
 fou hay. m.t In batU., and that thto .truggl., thto (tore, conflict, w«ar.»n 
 ^ctArourabl. to th.JoT.r. aid defender. olthoBlbl.. Thto to » fcf ^^»* 
 
 •nVnot T.ry apparent to kom. mind., for w. '"^"""y^-' ?*. ^^^fhirf. 
 thoagha.N txvnm an oppo.it. ^jonTlrtlon, that th. canw of th. Blbl. 1. 
 dJlg In-tead of pro.p.rtor; that th. world to fowinf worn ln.U.dof 
 botttt. L.t n. th.n a.k, what to th. tn. .Ut. of th. caw. ? What prog«« 
 ha. tha Blbl. mad. of laU yaar. In th. Ike. of th. Jf^«*«J^'^i"'V"*^^^ 
 Or, what ar. Ito oppononto obliged to ytold in thto it«p.ct T ^h. M.w.rto 
 thto qnwtton will plac b.tor. you wbnt I concir. to b. th. real .Ut. of wli- 
 guJ dtoeomion and oontroT.r.y at th. p,.i.nt Um.. Thto reply to nO, of 
 Lnr.., to>tMid.d to inclnd. any noa« of th. g.n«al oppoaltlon oftr^ to 
 DiTin. troth in Poptoh, Mobamm.dan, and hMith.n conntri... nor »»•▼•/« 
 Ttow thoM thwlogical dtopnt.. carri«l on b.tw..n dUfcront ••J'^^^'^J *f « 
 Ohnroh, bnionly th. podtion now aMmn.d by thow usually known as infla«to 
 
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 For on. thing, th^y ar. obUgad to coucd. ttol tt. ^J. *« ''^TTZ 
 \f Oi paimlar%md qf SHiaki and JmMriea. Thto to • gwat and unjantoblo 
 Lt, not oT«look.d by th. .n.mtoi of B.T.laUon, realte.d by J**** «*;' ^ 
 within th. toft fifty yw«, ■luce th. Blbl. Soctoty comm.»c.d its truly .TMig^ 
 Jieal woA of disseminating th. Word. The Book hu mainly done thto worK 
 
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 <|«ini U» Um hnmblMt «otUff«, It ha^ Ibaad Ito way to tka baarta of tha foopia ; 
 thai kava laaraad to kppaal to It andar all abeaoMtaaaaa for laaaoM of wlaAoaa 
 tml 9om»K%, oriaatTQetloa aa4 aorraatioa, aad tha iMra thay kara lookad iato 
 U ka battar thay baTa lorad It ; It baa takaa a §im hiaU apon tha kaart 
 of tlM natloa. Aad If^ It la traa th*t Britooa ara proTorUal^j loyal to thair 
 SoTatalgn, It la oqaally troa thai tbay ara loyal to tba Blbla ; If lagllabaan 
 ara (band all ovar tha world to pray aamaaUy, " Ood MTa tha Qaaaa," with 
 aqnal fcrronr tbay pray, Ood aara tha IttbU. I apaak, of ooaraa, of tha laaii 
 of tba British paopla, and icaptlaa kaow aad aokaoWladga la Tarlooa w«yi 
 %hat what I lay U tma. Thfai appaara lo thaIr parlodleal and mora TolnBaiaoui 
 Utaratnra— In tha Wastmiaitar Ravlaw, aad In raoaat ▼olamaa writtan In tba 
 latarasts of Infldallty. Tba writara aflbet pity fcr tha dalndad iMkaiaa who ara 
 mlad by tha Bibla ; tbay ozpraaa itrong ralnotanoa to diatarb tha old and onl* 
 ▼anal faith at tba naUoo. What ii thia bnt to grant that tha nation la andar 
 tha dominion of this book in apita of thtir aflbrta T Aoeordingly, they bara 
 oaaaad to addrata thaIr argaments and booki axolailTf ly to tha limltad eirolf of 
 tha laamad, and laek now to make thair appaala to tha popular mind. 8tr4aM 
 la engaged apon another edition of bla " Leben Jeia," not, aa tlia former one, 
 addraaaad to the learned, bat adapted to tha general reading pnblio, ooataining 
 rapliea to the objaotiona made to it, designed to ftae It f^om tha general rapro« 
 bation with whteh Itiraa 0OTerd|^NBenan alao, in hia '*Life of Jasas," while 
 vaaonditionally contradicting bWoerman pradaaeisor, Straass, enters the same 
 field with him, seleoting for his constitoenoy not th«. learned oirdea of France, 
 bnt the general pnblio— those men, and their eoadjators, thos aeknowladging 
 the wide away of tha Bible. This is an Important oonibaalon ttom their lips. 
 
 It is farther eonceded by tbem thajt no wumtfutly twil eon^ifutiuu hav* flown 
 dipoea^from ikt dreuUHUm amd Mflutnet qf tk» BibU. There Is oonftssedly a 
 wdTersal inflaenoa dlAised by the Book throagh the heart of tha nation, and 
 if yon aak Its opponents, what is the charaoter of this inflaenoe, they are 
 boand in hopiesty, in the light of hisibry and raason, tp say <t <« nottvii. The 
 most bitter and determined among their ranka feel now anable to argaa that 
 conformity to the life and character of Jesus disqnallfiea a man in any way 
 to be a most happy and nsafU citiien. They (!m1 unable to Airnish proof that 
 tha fbllaat subjection of tha human aoul to all tha laws and principles of the 
 Oospal is found to operate injuriously to the indlTidual, to the community, or 
 to the nation— they Awl that none of tha evils which ttOict society ara to be 
 traoad logleally and lagitimataly to tha direct influanca of Ood'a book. They 
 can, indeed, point to tbe Mood-atained page of Booleslastical History, to 
 strifts, discords, and persaoutious flowing firom tha parreraiou of Ohriatian 
 piiaeiplas, but thay hare discammeni enough to sea that Nheaa things are 
 traoeabla to human dapra?lty, and that they ara distinct firom a aorraot and 
 oonsiptent imitation of Him who waa holy, harmlaas, uadaflled, aad saparau 
 from sinners. 
 
 Wa taay place this sabjaoi in another light, and Tantora to aiBrm farther, 
 iha^tha opponanta of the Word of Ood are now constrained to confess, that tk$ 
 mortiUy incuUatt4 by tht BUtU ngariod in a imtmroI, comaercM, or MfiOMl 
 
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 itt Mi oppotltloa !• tb« aoff«MU« m4 hIttorUMU ObrittkaKj •# Um Obut«li, 
 ilUHf ihvly llMt Ohrtot nd OhriatUaltf la tha vary blgliaat jnanl Maal 
 to %»lcli th« world aaa itar hopa to attain. ( Mttofntoa, par* ti, met. a7-»0.) 
 Add Raou, whlla ftariaaalj aBmlBi that Htraau U mUtakan la his tbaory 
 oTtN oiMi^latloa of tba Qoapala, agraaa wttb hiai to hia ta»Uaioa/ la tk^ont 
 of the parity and aupariorlty of tiiaiBioral4taaoDi and prlaolplaa Uugbt la tbaoi. 
 Ha If, ra fcct, an aolhatlatUa admlrar of tba lofty, manly, falMaayloi vtrtaa, aitd 
 booait patriotltm laeateattd by tha llfb of Jaaaa. Tbia, too, la tb« toaa ftd«ptM 
 by tba fknoua aatbora of " Rooani Inqnlriaa la Thaology," aad ky.tba Bishop 
 of NataT. thay art all ««DSCiaaaoQsly rallg loos, aiora plons i|i thair owa 
 pathnatloB than thasa wdo JasUy saak, as wa think, to aiolada tbam froK tha 
 ofll«« of tha Obriftlan ^Ittlstry. Tbay oling nost taoaoiously and wlU» fc«l- 
 ing« of higbast admiration to tba good and pwa moraUty of tho Vtv TmW- 
 SMt. How, tbii is a great concession on thair part^U aflbr^s tba vary bast 
 Answer we can desire to tha profane saroasm aad horrid bnAMaery of Voltaixa, 
 Palae, Bama, and others of that class. Those who oow ilda with thum igAtail 
 God's word reftasa to defend their coarseness and profhni^. 
 
 I mention another, and a (hr mora ImporUni oonoassion now made by many 
 of Aa opponenU af the Bible ; they nre oonstralnad to accept tha widma of 
 tttthnonf a$ upon the wholt reHakk. Wheii a company of men eonlbssedly sane, 
 and honest, not ruled by self-interest or any impropw motiTa,M« cognliaat 
 Of sliBpls matter of ftict, and testify unitedly and repeatedly respecting snch 
 matter of fhct, and eren sahmit to suflbr great InconTcnienoa aad loss rather 
 than abandon their testimony, such aridence tha present Does of Divine troth 
 arto disposed to accept as reliable. Thus t^ey hare fkllaa fkom tha position 
 Uken by Hume and his disciples— they hare made a gtaat and moat raloabla 
 admission, which Onables as to esUMish beyond the possibility of doubt, tha 
 birth, the miracles, the teachings, tha crucifixion, tha resurrection, and asctn- 
 sion of our Redeemer? and haMng esUblishad this muchwa fcal no alarm 
 respeoUng the Pentataaeh and the other books of tha Old Testament. That 
 granting, as they do, thai the Bible has gai^ possession of tha popilar mlad 
 of irltaln and America, that It cannot be shown to disseminato or inoolcata 
 injnrtoui principles ; that its morality and ethics ara far saparior, upon tha 
 whole, to iiiy thfhg erer oflbred to the f orld ; and that the aridanoa of testlmoay 
 in'ltlfkVoii^ is reliable, do not the anUgoniits of the Bible seem oreroomaT 
 In tratb, their position Ih th« present aspoct of tallgloas diseossion and oontra- 
 ▼«rsy ttay be presented in this fbrm. Oollactlnf all tha internal and axttmal 
 erldeiieei'la faronr tff tha jgenulnenass and anthantioity of tba Book on tha 
 on« band, 4nd all tha objections and difflcaltios whieh its opponenU Ibal aKIia 
 to oflbr, on the other, and learlng them to indicate a coneluslon based npon 
 these premises, they are constrahaad to eonftss that the Bible md Ohristiulty 
 are rreal/oett, obliged to yield that the Book is sapernatoiral if not Dlrlne In 
 its <^n.' Am ira tharefbra all agreed respeoUbg it f 9y no maani. Those 
 mbn &M anolhMr itad most grava qoestiwb. How is this'Book ta ba niidar- 
 itood'T What is Its meaning T Howmaeh troth duea it eontaiiiT If firea 
 
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 WI.AI ^tinHAl ■(»■••(. fihiill V* ncwlTf lh« rtMvd ^oOnt fkaU «• 
 •41i«r« V» Um old dgolcia* •' yiciivj iMpUaUoa, or «k»ll ^v* a»1j fi«« Um 
 book • fMFOcloritj of rook OTor ih« rait, ««d tUow oritioa to olteUMo 
 5M J{«»J"Pf I »*>V ?!••■• T T|»o qqcaUoB wiUi MrUlii of thfm U Mt, JiAVf 
 .ig ffywi H itvoUMoa from boMOQ, bat wb«l an iti «h«fMUr «b4 oxtonif 
 fho* (rjroo allow Um BUhop of NaUI to* Moctl tbo Oro boolm of MoMi, %9 §Mf 
 la hU own phraM that th«7 ara " aahiatorical," and tharafora lagandaif •»^t 
 BO aotborltj, ha will acoapt tba Naw Tap tamaot and portloos pf tba Old 9Rh 
 mrUik jryoanraUoBi ;. ha wUl claava to Jaaui OhrUt whUa ha parti oonpaoj 
 wttli Ifoaag; and thAa Mta hUntalf In a moat aataiutbia potitloo ; tog UiaJS«r|o«r 
 aald to tha Jawa, « Qad /• baliavad ¥oaaa, jm would hava baHavad na » for ba 
 wroU of ma. Bat if ja UU9ii9 not bla writlnga, how ihall ja baUara mj 
 wordat* (Jno. t., 46-4T.) Thara oao ba no doubt that oar Lord aaaalvad tha 
 whola of tha hooka of Moaaa aa Inaplrad, aatbanUo, and aatborUaUra } '|p 
 ipoka of tha oraatloa of Adam and Bra raoorded bj Moaaa aa hiatorloall j troa • 
 ba ralbrrad to tha dalaga, thia daatruotion of tb« #otld, aad tb« praaarration of 
 Hoab In Jika mannar ; ha alladad in Luka svii. to tha f^n aad briinatona wbiob 
 laatrojad Sodom and tha citlaa of tha plain, and to tha tranaformattoo of Lotff 
 wlfb into a pillar of aalt; hjMtooaptad tha atatamenta of Moaaa raffpaqUof tha 
 appaaranoa of Ood In tha barning baah ; tha miraculoaa aAot of looUng at 
 tl^ braaan aarpaot, and tha miraoolooa auppl/ of manna in tha wildamaia * 
 and jat tha Blahopof Natal;(rill tall aa that ha baliaTea tha BaTloor, bat lagaMa 
 tbj hooka of Moaaa aa " u'nbiatorical.'' But I woald do him, and othaca of tha 
 aama olaaa, no Injaatioa. Tba dUBoaltiea thaj (bal and axpraaa will fanarall/ 
 ba (band to^bava ralbranoa to tha hiatorloal and litarary porUona of tba word, 
 'ratbar than tha doetrinal ; and in tha laat oantoryaren wrltaniapon>iaipiraUon 
 wara diapoaad when ptaaaad br tba partinadty of tha daiaUo ooatroTaraialiata, 
 to ylald a little to donbta in ibia oonnection ; bat now there la a itaong reao> 
 tion in religiona mi<|da ia fbrdur of tt(a oppoaita view, that bald hj tba Pnrt- 
 taaa in tba aaTantaantb eantnrj, and I ^onfeai that I look npon tibia aa • 
 plaaaing Indieation ; for it jt% ranaina to ba prored, and aaob proof wUl ba 
 fbond impoa«ible,'that whole booki are to be rejeotad from the Qaaon of 
 Scriptnre. Honaat and aooarata oritioiam we allow, bat raokleaa aad bang- 
 ling aaaanlta we detaat. And if it ba aaked, what ha« glran riia to tba fboUah 
 and gpraeipltata oonelaaiona adopted bj aome reapecting the Word in tba pntr 
 eat dayT Without pretending to go into tha apeeial blatorioal itatananta 
 da^iandad, hj tbla queatlon, wa may anawer in a gaaaral iraj, thai one aa«^ 
 hai been a flagrant diaplaoing or Iniaapplioation of natural lawa. Tl|a laptd 
 adTanaaa made of lata in na^ral idenoa bare thrown befora tba hninMi inii4 
 neb maaaea of new fbeta, and opened on erfry haad ancb fraah flalda of-iaqiiiy 
 Uift we might axpaet to find the mind atonned, perplexad, and oonftyaad in 
 AttampUng to olaipalfjr and arrange tbeae facta, aod eapeoiaUy in leaUog to 
 •aeertdn tbeirralation to Dltina troth. Natural lanrjtl^ra jndaad b«end|i^ 
 eoTeredanddiaplaced; they bava bean carried into ragioof irhera %^ v 
 • vttarly Inapplicab^ and, by aoma, exalted to tba throne of tba Qnator, Xp 
 
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 adTOOatod by' Dr. Ttople la hli itrmoa beftM tht Ualrtnlty of Oiford^ darlag 
 tile aiMtlaf pf ih« Arltigh AnoeiatlOD lik 1860, la vhloh ha attnaa " that oaa 
 MaaiiBow antrglBg iato fupramaey la ■eleftot, a raprama^ wlilcli ^t fMirtt' 
 pouttmd b^lbm, aad for whieh It itDl has to fight a battle ; aad that la tM 
 ide* of law." "nie '^Nuae opinion, aa la well known, haa mled the mliiila aji^ 
 grsaajr aided in moolding the tiharactisr of the worKi of Holjoake, Linton, and 
 Honboldt. » 
 
 " Then on the continent oMtiropt, eepeoiaUy, appeals haTa been aaade tci 
 
 hmaan eonaoionincM ; eTory thing pertaining to truth haf^1>aen thfajaetfd to 
 
 tiie ttit of '*pw§ rtMOH."^ Haa'i lonl hai been deified ; the same pukthadatip 
 
 tendency wfaloh loolti to nataral lain as deity finds the highest manifoatatlon 
 
 of Oodhead in the hamaa sdnl. Adoptlngytiiese assnmptions It Is easy to see 
 
 how the ivliole doctrine of Inspiration fUls Wm discredit ; and those views, let 
 
 as remember, haTc been slowly propagated, so that in this respect^ thto present 
 
 aspect of religions disonsslon and oontroTcrsy is not a thing of yesterda7 ; it 
 
 stands asso<ilated with ancient pagan ophiions transmitted to ns, and adro- 
 
 aiited by poets aad philosophers. Ooleridge In !Bng1and did mnch to Introdaoe 
 
 ^ sabjecttre mithod of riewing all thbgs^the Lake Poets of England diid 
 
 the 'SsiBC— KewuiMi in his writings, and Oarlyle, especially in his lifo Qf 
 
 Sterling, hiite followed in the same school ; and upon this epnj(i(ie^t ti^ey hare 
 
 fohad disdpl^ii 1h'l4ie6don»>$rkcr, Emerson, and otiieri. Along with those 
 
 t#b Vi^ mimlftst aiid potent tendencies just noticed, we may mention the 
 
 rise of the-ycleikCe of historical criticism, as leading to.recent atikfcks upov the 
 
 Bible, trader the influeace of that science, if it has yet gdnied the position cf 
 
 « science, mea^loohingo'rerdbcnments heretofore accepted as IMatorically 
 
 ti^C, hare adced ^hii inore Pilate's old qaestlon, ." What is troth f* truth 
 
 ihetia Isj and truth th^ra la In t^e Bible, but what Is It T Now the aiisweni, as ifc 
 
 liaTe iMld,h|te beenTaried; attacks hare been spi^cially made upon the t^enta- 
 
 tandi and ^d TMtiment, ai6t1wcausa these parts are moi« vulqerable in 
 
 themaslres i^ the i^tof the word. We think It alldlrlne, and therefore true ; 
 
 But tbe OhurchlM neglected the study of .the Hebrew Scriptures, imd this has 
 
 in part gtren foiv to the prelent controrervy. Tihe Greek and the Li^tin ci 
 
 Oiibtd haTe bisen a^Uowed to set aside tlie language of the deieendante of 
 
 ;Jfttmhdliiaa^the living oradcf of Gk>d of which It la the Taljilcto ;|aii^;thc 
 
 ikhnmon i^lde liaAa lit U^^ leaded to neglect thoM el^ ScrJTptnr^ 
 
 In thaNi^abiiiiiur. It'ts a singular fkct that wh^n a text Is announced i^soi^a 
 
 of the bdoltt of thli Old' l^estuient fiiir persons in a cong|(cg^tlon know wli^n 
 
 io ikhi for It i and! dotibt i^Ot tbat while present assaults ar« In p|ut oipfi*. 
 
 si^edbylelbet 1^ our schools and fi)inili^s, thV «• wWly pemi|^^^ 
 
 will be einpioyedbjr it hoi J Providence to rouse ns to nctiTlty and V> ijpr^ss 
 
 upon our mUids t^e SnVloui's l^on, "Search tjie Scripts.'* iniNrhile 
 
 ilns iianoe at JBinses Cohsp|riiig to determine the form of present douiT^d 
 
 OTwr we tnay not 'ovbirloolc titpse two great ftandamental causes by wWch 
 
 fwii'lj^apologilsiBircraiiipt to account foip all error, and which often formed, the 
 
 gift of th^fr'aniwefs, iamU ikfirotitif md Mtonfc agtncy. Tfiese are stliU m4t7, ^ 
 
 *6par«tite caulMif ofUnbelief, and of oppoj^itlon to the word of God. But instead 
 
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 irld«| pooM in obMMtor, Ut bm ukt m tb» iMoUtioa fagpitii i« tWf toitij 
 ttot of opkloB, tiilf itragj^ inaldo oad ootaido U|0 Okonh, prodvotlvf ,of till, 
 idoai, mmI in no wajr 4Mtiii9d to do |oodT Wo Mfwor, it hu 4on/|gOf|> 
 •lioodx, m4 it wiU do liioit \ it hM oiJlwl forth tho toloft of tho 01hv«^ ond 
 toraod htr lo^Miag to Moonat, rad will ooBtinao to oxpoad hor Itomim ^ 
 daportmoati Uttwrto aogtoetod. Wo hoTO not yot mob tho iront IbraMi of , 
 •rror, Boir tho itrongMi buiworko of troth. We hoTO itUl to witBOM tho Xnm^l 
 ploBtotiOB to oar ion pf auuiy Boropowi orron of whioh popt of 09 ofo ntm, 
 bi»ppilj ifBoroBt Thif we eoaiiot , mnT«Bt ^, book-sudken OBd , boqh-TeBdorf 
 If oi^ hfbve their own wii^ ; but opoi^^p heels of their errors oobm • ftiUei dit- 
 JOTWi^ Md wider dlisessiBBtioii of troth thoB we Imto eter kaicrwa. Tlpe l^* 
 
 2pr of the past IoImIs me to entertain this yiew. BTerjr stodeat of hlitocy 
 ows that soeptlcism respeeting eiistiBg opinions has beeo, if Bot tho oaase, 
 nt leasi the oooasfbn, f>f t^ greatest adranoes in solenoe and religion. . Aftri*- 
 aoners 4oabted, and so ware led to diseorer new laws^ and nfw pMa«(i» 
 KaTigatofS^doabtod old opinions and foregone oonolosions, and dias disooveai4 > 
 isiaads and eontlBenti.- Theologians donbted, and dlsbellered thedogaiasof 
 a,beni|^ted ohnrch, and then the Ugbt of the Befomatioa dawaed apon ^.^ 
 >f^o^ Mother oast the balls of the Pope i^to tho fire, aad so the wofld was 
 '«BaBolpotod. And so we maj fool ooafldent that the things whioh Kre njow 
 Mppeaing wiU " fUl oat rather aAto the fortheraaoe of th^OospoL" 'l^hvct^ ■ 
 jaads will spriag np, aad be called oat firom their sUeaoe and repose to pierce 
 the armoar of oar leaned iafidels, aad to ocpose the imperflietions of their 
 logic. Indeedi those men in spite of themselTes help forward the oaose of 
 tratii. Thos Beaaa, ia his tifo of Jesas, has marked a mnltitade of reforeaoes 
 to the New Testameat, salBeleat, if toroed to and read, to enlighten all Bnropo. 
 Siaoe therefore we are able to trao^ so many foTonrable indications in the 
 present state of religions coatroTorsy, let me ask, what have we to ooatead 
 fort I aaswsr, for a booki fur a retelatioa from heaTea. It is trne that the 
 SWaiteof the ii^Tidoal soal are met by presea^g a persoaal SaTioar; by 
 telling of goiltless Mood shed for the goiliy, of a SniBeient and perfoct atoae- 
 iMBt made by a Dirlae Sayioor, aad a free pardon and complete sanctiflcatioa 
 throagh his blood ; bat these great pecnliar and central doctrines of the gospel 
 < are oaly rerealed ia the word of Ood^-not expressed by the lablime sdeaco of 
 astroaoB^-Haot ottered by the brooks and rills that adorn oar earth-HMt dis- 
 •OTored by pars no t o ii n ot tenght by natoral laws— they are oaly fooad ia 
 ih» book of Ood, and therefore we mast eoatead earaestly for the bode as con- 
 taiaiag the fUth deliTored oato the sainte. ' We most not foil to teach mea . 
 that natoral laws aad seOoadary caases are aothlng apart from God ; that 
 tiiese laws aro ooly his ftMd order of procedare ; that In ffim aad not in them 
 wo oaa see persoaality aad powe^. We mast not foar to teach men that in 
 addition to all the indications of: DlTine wisdom and power giren in tiiese 
 laws, God has distbetly spoken oat, « spoken at sandry times aad ia dlrers 
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