The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-02
A BOOK OF POWER.
Sermon on the Bible by a Celebrated New
York Preacher.


Ballet.
Special Correspondence of the Evening Light.
New YORK, January 2S, ISS3.-In the
course of recent sermon on "The Right
Use of the Bible" the Rev. r. Heber New
ton said to large assemblage in All Souls
Anthem Memorial church:
"The right use of the Bible is admirably
stated by St. Paul. These books are not to
make one learned in any knowledge. They
are to make one wise in life. Wisdom is the
supreme benediction of life. Invaluable as
knowledge is, it is means to an end. The
best books the world possesses for the culture
of wisdom are found in the Bible. They re-
veal to our vision the best ends in life, and
point us to the best means of winning them.
They are rightly called the Holy Scriptures,
the writings of the holiness. Their charm is
the graciousness of goodness as she unveils
herself therein.
"Coleridge classes the Bible in the litera-
ture of power There are books to which
we 90 for knowledge. Such are the works of
Herbert Spencer. There are books to which
we 90 for energy such is the limitation of
Christ The literature of knowledge needs
constant revision. The literature of power
is ALWAYS FRESH,
written up to date, since the problem of char
acter and conduct change little with the ages.
The archaisms OF the Bible do not mar its
spiritual power, but rather aid if, as old build
ings and hymns and music help worship. In
the literature of power the Bible ranks first.
"The right use of the Bible is to use il so sa
to feel this holy power. Buy Bible, my
brother. Buy it not with the current coin,
which will only give you the shell of the book;
buy it with the patient, loving study which
will open to you the soul of the Bible, paying
time and thought to win its treasure and make
it your own. Luther's life began with the
discovery of the Bible of which he had known
from boyhood. Have you found out the
Bible Open it and keep it open, use it
daily in the choicest hours, following your
instinct where to alight and suck its honey.
Read it in this spirit.
"Have your children to use the Bible in the
sa,ne way. Read its Old Testament tales
with them. Leave them to resolve the diff
culties. They will distinguish the Legendary
elements. Do you impress upon them the
ethical and spiritual meanings. Read them
the story of tho dear Christ. Have them
read daily for themselves. Store their MEM
cries with the choicest words of these books.
Teach them to hearken through the human
words for tn. words of God, and to say with
Samuel Speak, Lord, thy servant heareth.'
Can we ask better symbol at our funerals
than that, in token of the aim and spirit of
our lives, upon our collins, as upon the coffin
of dear old saint there may be laid-a
Bible"
AMONG PAINTED CoRYPHEES.
any God! there's my child among the
painted and half-naked women on the stage!"
These words were uttered in trembling I'M
dertone by richly dressed woman, in The
orchestra chairs in the Park theatre in New
ark, New Jersey, during a performance of
"Around the World in Eighty Days" The
stage was filled with the corps de ballet,
seconds and corypkees, and Mons. Arnold
Kiralfy and Miles. Theodore, Gillert and
TURF were posing in the center. On each side
of the stage were row OF ballet dancers,
with the secondos behind them, and at the back
of the stage were row OF scantlly-dressed
coryphees, all of whom were young girls
chosen to display their limbs in fesh-colored
tights. One of the Prettiest OF the coryphees
was
SLENDER GIRL,
with blue eyes, dark brown hair, a comedy
face and charming form. To this girl the
richly dressed woman directed the attention
of a young gentleman who was with her, and
then they arose and quilted the theatre.
They went to the first precinct police station,
where the woman said she was Mrs. Van
Berg, of New York city, that her daughter,
eVho had been missing from home for several
weeks. was coryphee in the Kiralfy troups,
and that she wanted the assistance of the
police to get possession of the girl, who was
only IS years old. Nothing could be done
for Mrs. Van Berg. as Chief Medium and
Judge Picard had goss home. She then re-
burned to the theatre to rescue her daughter
by force. She was refused admittance at the
stage door, but she thrust the doormaR aside
and ran to the stage, where the ballet girls
were capering in theglare of electric light and
red Gre Mrs Van Rern WAS about 10 rus