The Scriptures able to make us wise unto salvation

The Scriptures Able To Make Us Wise Unto Salvation;
Or The
Bible A Sufficient Creed.
F. H. BERRICK, LOWELL, MASS.
Hartford:
Calhoun Brothers Steam Press.
1853.
There is no work, of human production, that contains such a variety of principles, which, when viewed as a whole, make such a complete system as the Bible. It is the great fund of knowledge. It reveals to us the mystery of creation. There we learn the character of God:—His attributes and perfection—His justice and mercy. There we learn the history of man—created as he was in the image of Him who rules the universe; endowed with intellectual powers, and moral capacity, perfect and upright—a candidate for immortality. Restrained by one command, yet acting with a free, unbiased will, we see him transcend the law of God, we hear the sentence fall from the lips of his Maker, — Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. But will He leave him to his own inevitable fate? Will it be an eternal sleep? Shall that dust never be reorganized? Will Satan triumph over the Eternal Jehovah? We look! We listen!! We hear the announcement, I have found a ransom . There we see the plan of God developed, counteracting the influence of His rival, Satan. There we see men of the meanest condition, the smallest capacity in the eye of the world, inspired by the spirit of Him who fills immensity with His presence; revealing the fact of man's salvation, through a crucified Saviour. There we behold the most sublime truths—the most comprehensive sentiments; principles more philosophical than those of Pythagoras —of more moral worth, than those of Socrates. There we see shepherds, announcing the birth of the Son of God, and listening to that enraptured strain, Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good will to men. There we see the Fisherman called to leave his net, commissioned to cure all manner of diseases, and to preach the Gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believeth. There we admire the purest morality in the world. The Bible accounts for the evils entailed upon the posterity of Adam; it presents a plan, which, if believed, will ultimately free us from all the maladies consequent on the fall. There we read of the wonderful conception of the Son of God—His birth—His miracles. The fulfillment of the many predictions, connected with His first Advent; the circumstances attending His death, when He made his soul an offering for sin; His resurrection, His ascension, His intercession, His second coming, the judgment of the world, the resurrection of the dead, the translation of the saints, the destruction of the wicked, the establishment of the everlasting kingdom, the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets, since the world began.