Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
NEWSPAPERS IND THE BIBLE.


The editor of the New York Mail and
Express has attracted universal attention
and excited much comment by the publish.
ing Of passage from the Bible. each day,
at the head of the editorial page. In Its
issue for Thursday evening, July Goth, by
way of illustration, 1t has this verse, which
will be accepted by all Christians.
intidels or heathen-as bit Of sound doc
trine and good sdvice-namely: "Whatso-
ever thy hand findeth to do. do 1t with thy
might" The Mail and Express has been
much commended for both the novelty and
moral utility of this feature, by means OF
which a clean, bright, progressive secular
newspaper is daily proclsiming the good
news of the Gospel.
But we must admit that in Italy, the
pope's own country, the land of all lands
of hoary and effete despotism, newspaper
enterprise has eclipsed our New York con-
temporary, itself at the head, in its line, of
all American newspapers. For, las we
learn from q letter of the Rev. DR..
F. A. Noble. editor of the Advance, Chi
cago. to his paper, in the city of Milan,
II SeclItO, (secular), daily newspaper
edited by man who, although able and
reputable, and standing on the side of lib
erty. intelligence and morality, 'does not
accept" as Mr.. Noble states, 'the doctrine
of inspiration, and so puts the Bible on a
level with other great and helpful litera-
ture." Yet ''this man has become so pro-
foundly impressed with the worth of the
Bible as q book fitted to inform and ele-
vate mankind, and especially suited to meet
the needs Of Italy in the present stage of
its development, that he has projected and
actually entered on scheme for circulating
the Bible in cheap form in connection with
his newspaper" issuing it as . supple
ment, which accompanies each issue of III
SecitlO, and goes wherever the paper goes.
In the issue of the paper, for June 18th,
the following extraordinary announcement
is made-extrsordinary. certainly, rs ap-
pearing in an Italian newspaper printed in
the country of which Rome is the political
land supposed to be the religious) capital:
There is q book that gathers up the
poetry and the science of humanity. That
book is the Bible, with which no book is
able to be compared in any language. Be-
LEVERS and uDbelievers have read and
studied 1t. 1t is the book that Newton
read more frequently than any other. Crom-
well when be went to battle tied ii to his
saddle-bOw. Voltaire had it always lying
on his study table. 1t is book necessary
for the culture of every class, and 1t ought
to be found in every house. But an elegant
illustrated edition. with the text explained,
has hitherto cost great deal. So now for
the first time Edward Sonzogno, editor of
the SecOlO, is about to publish such an
edition at . cheap price. The book will
consist of POI parts Of eight pages each,
and will contain 900 line engravings, and
will be sold for Ave centessimi lone cent in
our American money! the part, or ten
francs for the whole. In the first two parts
there will be fourteen engravings, consist
ing of old pictures, representations of Bib
lical scenes, reproductions Of ancient mon
uments, and pictures of animals, plants
and flowers mentioned in the text. A COM
petent mind will preside over this depart
meut The text and the notes are by Mar
TIM, and correctness adds to the value of
the work. This artistic, useful and popu-
lar edition-the first of its kind in Italy-is
destined to have an extraordinary success,
only equalled by the marvel Of its cheap
price.
On the cover of the parts of the book al
ready sent out there Is this further state
ment in commendation of its merits:
The Bible Is denominated the book par
and also the book Of books. No
book ever held such place In any litera-
ture, no- has done 90 much to give impulse
10 general Intellectual life, as the Bible.