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f rintipAlWwMi Mid : Mr. OhAinoui ud Ohriltiu frlendi : the rtiolution
''fatciwi«d to n« !■ ibort, bat not vnimfiorUnt. it nfert to » gabjeot on which
I Mold viih to Mj'mon than the time allotted to me thia erening wttl permit.
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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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IM f^«K«lMi«7 9t 0M(pt»n IM lli# MMm «9lN»v Bow mn^ Pf ;4^ P#Mlf
||«li«^ Um t^dV t^ J*,Vl«U ^M»»U fn.4 9itm of ^ f^i d» ^ >#> < |a»TT
M ^T«» m4 4Mtt» aiMil PMf %W44ri t>afc mj ¥9r4P filMll ■•» PfM %▼«#." mH
^Or4» UMM if ?U(W4>y * W« ■♦Wlr-J^t t|l«lf WWf M#« w^o IM«W4 ««
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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£Z::i uLton:.^.l^th.U.l.,-d-.on^.-dtl.pr^^^^
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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Mn Mo ViOAR ipoke wi follows:
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
M'SOSPticS.
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
auaners." We most Bght the battle of lasplratioB, for it is the g^t battle of
the ftmuk% day ; we most eater the arena of the orideaees, and ad^pt oar &rga*
iMBti to pNNBt turn of error j not^ indeed, dospiiiag tho work of ow flifhersi
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