| Show cr NEWS infidelity BY CHARLES W chapter IV youthful sk skeptics optics Sug suggestions galioni to young men an easy way to investigate youthful skeptics are sid salci to be numerous now this may or may not be the case ease ease but there are doubtless spine instances lu stances where young men have little or no faith in god but on what ground is then their I 1 based when one of this claw clam chasnis is questioned as to the pro contained in the scriptures and aud ihu thu hist grio yrio that record their fulfillment he lafound is found to be entirely at a loes loss loes JOES although be may apt api ap i 1 pear fairly posted in eomme borne othir other matteri tuat tere ii it him about he fhe ro dotus or ilau llau I 1 or tacitus and their writings C touch upon the fascinating t historical works of bol itol HD refer to sir isaac New tuna tona comments on prophecy or inquire has he be ever perused these or bu scotts otts commentaries on the bible lias bah he ever read fifteen leading chapters in the avo byo aiu giu lt has haa he be even read the book of dan daniel tei lei ana you confuse him as badly as though you suddenly called on him to preach or pray one reason of this is because with tre tle exception of the bible most of the works mentioned are scarce and some are very difficult to obtain booksellers do not have them for sale unless specially ordered but the main reason is that the inclination of the youth in question has been to avoid thoughts and biblical literature he has probably read some scientific work sinto into whose pages the wily authors have doubtless doubt less lesa insinuated here and there infidel arguments and many of these works are produced by infidels and spiritualists who love loye to saddle the back of science with all their ab surd theories and thus bring their sophistry into notice disguised beneath the cloak of information the reb rec result uit is that a flimsy objection the soul of tile the student and he sinks into the dark valley of unbelief before he has had bad the opportunity to glean from the rich fields of knowledge scarcely any of the glorious truths concerning godana his bis works to such sucha ta young man I 1 would suggest aa as a friend ere you permit the serpent infidelity to encircle you in his slimy coils do yourself the justice to read even one book of glorious prophecy cyl read bead simply the book of danier daniel read it carefully then take one of clymans Histo historical ridal charts for sale here and compare the prophecies recorded by david years before christ compare these those visions interpretations and prophecies cli es with the rise and fall of governments empires and kingdoms as shown in the chart and unless your reason is calloused you will be tilled with admiration there can be no deception in this in the one book you will find the prophecies and in iu the other is the record of their fulfillment which has occupied a period dof of over 2400 years As a still further aid read the first volume of rollins Boi roi lings ancient hia tory for sale here and not only will your reason be convinced but your heart will willbe be touched J the af mi A in i manner of gods dealings among the children of men while a portion of the book of daniel as well as other books in the scriptures is of an historical historic il character and anti as such is simply a truthful record of past events no one can read the prophetic utterances of the angels who visited daniel daaiel and compare them with secular history without be being ing astonished toni shed at their literal and complete fulfillment as far aa as the time for such fulfillment fulfilment has elapsed the proof that those angela angels were not of god I 1 as they stated is found fouda in the fact that their prophecies eleu cieu have literally come to pass and the truth is more apparent to us in the case of the revelations to daniel because of their specific plainness aud and continued and current fulfill fulfil ment we are amazed at what has already taken place and we can easily foresee that the early future wilt wiit developed dev elope the remainder ol 01 the grand pro gramme involving the sacrifice of all wicked nations and the establishment of christs christa Chr ista isla do minion we must remember that it is far easier easler to ridicule sacred things than to oey ohey them hence infidels have the advantage they find a ready response to their theories and ll 11 would be indeed strange if they did not extend their numbers rapidly among the ignorant and unthinking a general thing prefer pleasure and a reckless life to the more careful pursuance of virtue and lasting happiness we must also alao remember that truths of every kind have always had bad to run the tiie gauntlet of ridicule and persecution the greatest s of science known to men today to day are among the number that were once with ridicule so let no do one prejudge as a fool but rather investigate vesti gate as a philosopher chapter V Danie daniels vision of the fhe four beasts an infidel tou cou chelt by the comparison of scriptural prophecy with secular doctor Jy Nelson etson li s views on teaching history through tae the images of ohe the bible in the last chapter a suggestion was made to the youth which would involve a very brief labor on their part na n amely to read with care the book of daniec woich iq lai but a small portion of the work called the B bible bibie I 1 ble bie and to compare the predictions recorded by that pv kt with the history of the kingdoms and empires anuhea to in historical chart at work of recent production containing a panorama of the worlds history from the earlies kimes to the present for por the sake of those who may not have acted upon ehg aai advice it may be well to briefly refer to those prophecies and the history y of their fulfillment fulfilment Atall events let us look at the two iwo le ailing leading predictions referring in positive and specific lan laD language guage to the samo amo ame events the cheth th chapter of daniel from tile the and 2nd to the verses contains a wonderful vision in which that prophet beheld the four winds of heaven striving upon the great sea bea and arid four great beasts came up tip from the sea diverse from one another he describes the first as a lion with the tho wings of an eagle the vasiliko wa was like ilke a bear the third resembled a leopard and had four wing wings of a fowl fo wf and four heads the fourth was dreadful and terrible exceedingly strong and had great llon iron teeth it had also ten horns and after awhile there came up another little horn born before which three of the first horns were plucked up b by the roots and this horn had eyel eyes like a man aud a mouth speaking great things I 1 he also behold tho tha casting down of thrones then than the glori glorious ous sence ce of the ancient of days daye whose throne was like a fiery name hame absorbed the interest of the prophet a judgment was wag set bet and the books were opened the dominion wab wah taken from the beasts and the son of man coming on the scene in a the clouds oi ot heaven received dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people and languages should serve him hib his dominion la Is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed daniel was troubled tron troa bled bied by tins this vf vision and he he le sought the interpretation from an augel who stood by this personage then informed the prophet in the following language that these which ar are four are four kings which shall arise out of the earth but the saints of the tho ls most high rig shall take i i the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever even oven for ever and ever on enquiring of the angel daniel then ascertained that thai the fourth beast which was different from the rest was the fourth kingdom and that it should devour the whole earth tread trend it down and break it in pieces that the ten horns were ten tea kings which should arise out of that kingdom and the little horn was waa another king fadi diverse from the first who should subdue three of the other kings 1 that b he a should speak great words against the most highs high hesli he should ouid wear out the saints wand and think to change times and laws but when the judgment shall sita sit bit they would take away his dominion and c consume and destroy it unto the end 11 and the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints ot or the most high whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and all dominions shall serve and obey him 1 I 1 have taken tile tha liberty in tho the preceding chapters to use in connection with my ray own some of the ideas of an intelligent physician doctor david neison nelson who was in his youth an tin infidel but who through reading and becoming conversant with these predictions and comparing them with secular history and by investigating the matter of religious truth truths became convinced that god not only existed in the heavens but that he had bad truly communicated his glorious purposes to man this gentleman after years of skepticism and association so with infidels entered into the field as a presbyterian minister and spent the tho remainder of his life in endeavoring to bring the method of his conversion prominently before the class elass from whose association and condition of midd he bad had been rescued with wilh this object he published a work entitled the the cause and cure of infidelity flom hom which are gleaned some of the most valuable items contained in this article I 1 recommend a thorough examination of his work and nho aho niso nis o of others referred to therein as far as can be obtained this author in speaking of the prophecy above quoted L the b e f following 1 0 I 1 0 ving language showing ho how bow be he was struck by it ity iff as lie be wasi was acquainted with the history of which it was a prediction I 1 an outline of history for many centuries is desirable there are many who would be giad slad t lobe 0 b I 1 a familiar with the profile of the most mot nations of or the earth for the laet ilet 2300 2500 years yeara an ordinary attention to this chapter will furnish this much abbreviated but wety very correct ais his history tonj those who complain of enfeebled memories will nind find a remedy in the imagery of the verses 2 A teacher ot history my communicate 1 feel assured arter after repeated trial more knowledge in a given time by causing the student to learn a number of passages taken from different prophets prophete than ean can b be done in any ot herway the chapter before us is one the various commentators on the bible bibie dr scott sir isaac newton and Jo others have furnished us with abud abundant dant arid and beautiful applications api I 1 of the different parts of the above prophecy but before giving any historical data in this connection wo we will glance at another prophecy relating to the bame same matters and found in the second chapter of daniel 31 to 45 verses in which the king ad nezzar is shown in n a vision the changes god would bring to pass in the history of kingdoms we will then make the application and a comparison with the history of the kingdom kingdoms to referred to tb in the two predictions showing how minutely the items are detailed and bow how accurately cura tely fulfilled |
