The Cooper Weekly Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1903 Page: 3 of 6
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vacation.
If you need flesh and
strength use
Scott’s Emulsion
summer as in winter.
Send for free sample.
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Religious Column ♦
.(Selected by E. R. Edwards.)
The history, biography, parable,
poetry and prophecy, which together
make up the Holy Scriptures, lloated
in the lives of inspired men before
they ever took form in literature.
Old Testament life preceeded the
Old Testament Scriptures, and New
Testament life preceeded New Testa,
ment the Scriptures. What is known
as the highest criticism deals with
the literature of the bible, and not
with the life, of which the literature
ia but a reflection. The higher critic
lias to do with dates, documents,
manuscripts, and matters of authen
•ticity. The reality of the life back of
the bible, which is the essential thing,
has not, and cannot, be touched by
the higher, middle, lower, or any
other kind of criticism. They are
like rocks, in that they may be in-
terpreted and views held by others
concerning them may be criticised 01
disputed; but the rocks themselves
are there and have to be reckoned
with. The bible was created by an
exalted type of life, and this was the
force which gave to the book its
meaning and its light.
Before you can have Greek liters
ture, you most have Greek life, and
before you can have English litera
ture of the time of Shakespeare, you
must have English life of that period,
and before you can have inspired
literature, you must have inspired
life. Higher criticism, looked at
from the standpoint of the things
with which it has to deal, is entirely
harmless. Its sphere of action is in
the department of historical dialectics
and ancient curiosities. Higher crit-
ics should take rank in our eBteem
along with the keepers of our great
museums. They classify dates, de
termine the dynasties or times to
which different documents and man-
uscripts belong, discuss the spelling
of authors’names, and arrange in
order the verbs and adverbs of by-
gone times. Out of the observations
of men whose habit of life has been
the study of heavenly bodies, we
have come into the possession of a
certain system of knowledge, known
by the general name of astronomy.
Now, suppose a school of higher as
tronomical critics should arise in all
our great universities—men who
should begin to write books in whicb
Ptolemy is placed three hundred
years earlier than the time when he
ib generally supposed to have lived,
and in which Copernicus is brought
two hundred yours later than he is
supposed to have lived; can anyone
think, for a moment, that these criti-
cisms would in the slightest degree
affect the heat of the sun, or the
glimmering of the stars? Astrono-
as a body of knowledge is not simply
that which acquaints us with what
used to be; it informs us what is
now. This science does not depend
for its truth upon when Ptolemy liv-
ed, or whether he ever lived, or up-
on the particular age in which Kal-
per lived, or the way in which cer-
tain astronomers opelled their names,
or the sort of crude instruments they
employed for their observations, but
upon the daily and nightly move-
ments overhead of the actual blazing
planets. The science of astronomy
^maintains its place in the esteem ot
men by its correspondence with the
otyltiji of the heavenly bodies, if
anyone doubts its teachings, he is at
liberty to rept at the experiments ot
the celestial observers, and thus learu
for himself the truth or error of their
reports. We are taught in astrono
my that the planet Saturn, in addi
tion to being next to the largest ii
the solar system, is surrounded t>»’
luminous ring. This ring, it is said
was first noticed by Gulileo. Su;
pose the astronomical higher erni
rises up to remark that Galileo wt
uut the lust to make the discovery 0
Saturn’s luminous ring, but that
man named Typhonium observed it
pARK C. LONG,
ATTOREY ATZLAW
Will practice In all the Courts. Special at
teutlou Klveu to Col lection*.
Cooper .... Texas
are we to suppose that this wc
have any effect in the direction
robbing the heavens o! the most pict-
uresque planet in our solar system?
Either Typhonium, or Galileo, or
somebody else, reported that Saturn
was surrounded by a luminous ring.
This report does not depend for its
worth upon who first made the dis-
covery, or upon when it was first
made, but upon its correspondence
to a fact. Anyone can test tbe truth
of this celestial peculiarity by looking
through a telescope turned upon the
planet Saturn. The men who wrote
the bible felt themselves in touch
with and in sight of great eternal
verities about God and the world and
tue Holy Spirit, and man and law,
and sin and redemption, and heaven
and hell. Through history, through
biography, through narrative,through
poetry, through parable and through
prophecy, they reported these veri-
ties, first felt and practiced in the
depths of their souls. Now, it is our
business to test the value and 1m
portance of wnat they reported, 11
the same manner that we should test,
by personal experiment, the value of
the report of the first man or of the
last man who declared that Saturn
had a luminous ring around it. That
vast multitude, greater than any
man can number, of human beings,
who together make up the Christian
Church, have thus tested the declar-
ations of the bibical writers, and
they have found in their own exper-
ience that what the inspired men said
about God and the Son and the Holy
Spirit, and man and law, ana sin and
redemption, and heaven and
hell, is truo. It is not to be suppos-
ed that the God of the Old Testa-
ment died after inspired men wrote
His will. He is alive today, just as
He was when the Ten Command-
ments were written; and every man
who honestly endeavors to keep the
law through the grace which God
supplies, finds the living and eternal
God approving and blessmg him in
it. Thus in our lives we may bear
witness to that eternal spiritual or-
der which the bible discloses. If
this were not true, the bible would
not last a month. It would have no
more influence than that vast wilder-
ness of literature of the middle ages
which grew out of the search for a
universal medicine, or the philoso-
pher’s stone. All that mixture of
astrology, alchemy and superstition
was thrown aside, for the simple
reason that it corresponded with
nothing real in earth or heaven.
The problem of the Old Testament
Scriptures, is not, at bottom, a prob-
lem of literature or historical dialect-
ics, but of Old Testament life; and
the problem of Christianity is the
proDlem of Christian life. 1 ‘The life
was the light of men.’’ That life re-
flected itself in the New Testament
Scriptures. We can test the value
of the reports made of that life in
these scriptures by conforming to
conditions which they enjoin. Let
us discover whether we find in our
personal experience the life they de-
scribe. For instance, wo are told iu
the new testament scriptures, that if
we will repent of our sins and turn
from thdm—if we will deny the earth,
ly, lower nature of ourselves and ac-
cept as our redeemer ana life the
lile of the Lord Jesus Christ, abso-
lutely aud unconditionally—we shall
lind the universal and divine life of
gWING BOYD, 5
ATTORNEY AT LAW 1
Will practice In all tbe Courts, Special ate
teutlou given to Collections. :
up stairs In the lioyd building, South
west coruer of square. ___
COOPEK, - - - - - TEXAS
D11. W. G. ELLINGTON,
Dentist.
Has the latest and most improved fa-
cilities for doing strictly high class
dental work. Open all the day.
’ Rooms over Cooper Drug Co.,
Cooper, Texas.
| cor
..A SYSTEM BUILDER.
The Best Flood Purifier ever put on the market.
POSITIVELY CURES ITCH
A “dead shot” for Skin Diseases of all kinds.
the Savior reproducing itself in our
personal life. Now, the way to test
the truth of the scripture which gives
these directions is to try them. If
but one honest, sensible man should
conform to the conditions, and And
the universal life ot the Sou of God,
that would be enough to determine
the truth ot the scripture, as would
the experience of one sensible man
who should look through a telescope
and see the planet Saturn with its
luminous ring be sufficient to verify
the truth ot the assertion ot Galileo,
when he declared that Saturn had
around it a lumiuous ring.
The world cherishes the great com-
positions of Bach, Hayden, Mozart,
Beethoven and Mendelssohn. These
masterpieces interpret to us the realm
of melody. They do not owe the in-
fluence they have over us to the
names of the men who] wrote ^them,
or to the time they were written. If
it could be proved that Handel never
wrote “The Messiah,” but that a
man named Hans Schmidt wrote it,
still this immortal oratorio would
maintain its hold upon men. It one
douots the power of ‘"The Messiah,
let him reproduce it on instruments
and by the help of human voices,
and he will find himself introduced
into a new world.
The new testament scriptures give
us an account of the origin and forge
aud facts of the life that was the
light of men. It was this life that
created the new testament; and be
cause the new testament corresponds
to tne reality of this life, it contin-
ues to get itself read more than any
other one book on earth. And the
life to which the new testament cor-
responds is not simply the life that
was, but also the life that is today
enswathing us as the very air we
breathe.
That Throbbing Headache.
Would quickly leave you, if you
used Dr. King’s New Life Fills.
Thousands ot sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for sick nerv-
ous headaches. They make pure
blood and build up your health. Only
25c, money back if not cured. Sold
by R. E. Dickinson Druggists. 25
Jerry High and Bud Huie of En-
loe were visitors here Monday.
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall s Great Discover^
One bottle of the Texas Wonder,
Hall’s Great Discovery, cures all kid-
ney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregulsri-
ties of the kidney and bladder in
both mpn and women; regulates blin-
der troubles iu children. If not sold
by your druggist, it will be sent by
mail on receipt of $1. One small
bottle is two months’ treatment and
will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer,
F. O. Box 629, St. Louis, Mo. Send
for testimonials.
Read This.
Haliettsville, Texas, Oct.
28. 1901, Dr. E. W. Hall, St.
Louis: Dear Sir—Mv wile and my-
self have used vour Texas Wonder,
lUll’s Great Discovery, for kidney
and bladder trouble, and can most
heartily recommend it to all persons
suffering with kidney and bladder
trouble. Yours Truly
W. B. Hawkins and wife.
Sold By R. E. Dickinson Druggist.
Manufactured By
R. M, Connell
South Side Sq
Cooper, Texas.
Hunt County Nurseries
COMMERCE, TEXAS.
Fruit Trees and Berries,
Ornamental Trees and Flowers.
A. L. DURHAM, Proprietor.
R. M. Walker. L* E- Ste11*
WALKER SSELL,
Fire and
Tornado
Insurance.
We represent the strongest and best Insurance Companies in the state and
make a specialty of insuring Gin property, etc. Call and see us before you
take out your policy—Our terms cant be beat for honest, reliable insurance.
Cooper. Teacas.
Cenmrief^__ s
look down upon a —
perfected[ mode ff traCey^
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One Fare Plus $2.00.
Boston Mass , National Educational Association. On sale June
30 July 1 2. Limit July 15 Extension to September 1.
Detroit, Mich., Epworth League Conference; on sale July 13-14.
Limit July 23, extention August 15.
Baltimore, Md., Annual meeting B. F. 0. Elks; on sale July lb,
17; limit July 2d; extension July 31.
One Fare Plus $2.25.
Knoxville, Tenn., Summer School of the South, on sale June 21,
23, 23. 28, 29, July 5, 6, 13 20; limit 15 days. Extension Sept. 30.
Also Regular Summer Tourist Rates to All Points, on Sale
Daily. For Particulars
OR ADDRESS
r P Little D M- Morgan,
Passenger Agent, Corsicana, T. P. A., Fort Worth, Texas.
A. S. Wagner, T. F. A. Waco,
JOHN F. LEHANE, General Freight and Passenger Agent, TYLER, TEXAS.
A Serious Mistake.
E. C. DeWitt & Co., is the name
of the firm who make the genuine
Witch Hazel Salve that heals with-
Driven to Desperation.
Living at an out of the way place,
remote from civilization, a family ia
often driven to desperation in ease of
1 accident, resulting in burns, cuts.
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out leaving a scar. It is a serious wounds, ulcers, etc. Lay in a sup-
mistake to use any other. De Witt’s ply of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. IF-
Witch H»,.i Halve cure, bli.„, b,»d-1 ““ “£ “ 25 &
ing, itching and protruding piles,,
burns bruises, eczema and all skin 1 fCodol llyS|SCg»Saa (1*111*0
diseases. Sold by City Drug Store. | D'0O§*» wh»t you eat.
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