Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-21
DO YoU READ YOUR BIBLE ?
Was the Subject at the Presby-
terrain Church Last Night

terrain Church Last Night.
Phillip Brooks. before great audience
on commencement day at Harvard Uni
yersity, asked this question and said:
ALAS for you If you do not" DO you
you read it. be said further. so that
out Of the heart Of it comes to you the
Divine man who shows you what it is TO
live diyinely" This is one of the great
questions OF the times, for this book above
all others is a lamp unto our feet and q
light unto our path The entrance Of its
truths into our minds gives light. This
book is read to-day by larger number
Of educated men than any other book. II
has made distinguished scholars and able
lawyers, as well as able preachers and
the truly able statesmen Of our land who
have been destitute of thorough knowl-
edge of Gods word have been very few
Mr.. Spurgeon has said: Nobody ever
outgrows scripture, the book widens and
deepens with our years" Daniel Web
ster said: II have read the Bible through
many times: / now make practice
Of going through il once year. II is the
book Of all othe - for lawyers as well as
diyines; and pity the man that cannot
find in il rich supply of thoughts and
rules for conduct" Its thoughts run like
a golden thread through the writings of
the ablest men
Nil on and Dante are full of Bible al
lusions Tennyson has nearly three hun
bred references to the Bible. and more
than five hundred and fifty have been
found in Shakespeare Nearly hundred
thousand different works have been writ
ten upon the Bible. The warp and wool
Of our best literature have the Bible
thoughts running through them. The BIZ
bic quiekens the mind as no other book
can do, and its thoughts remain in the
mind when all other kinds of knowledge
! have faded from it. Because the Bible
contains such valuable and enduring
knowledge our colleges and universities
are giving increased attention to its
study. Professorships of Biblical knowl-
edge have been established in some of
our best institutions and large amounts
of money have been given for their en-
dowment. Our religious papers and
many of our secular papers have col
umn or more in which the Bible is ex-
planned every week He must be a man
of very meagre intelligence who passes
| a single day without having the Bible
thought and Bible language in some form
brought before him.
Since this book is the great book of the
age, we ought to be familiar with it,
Since we know it come from God and
leads to God, we ought to read and stu
dy it. Many who thought little of the
Bible in their early years have come,
with increased knowledge and experience
to its perusal with delight. Thomas
Jefferson has been regarded as sceptical
and yet there were times in which he
sought instruction and comfort from
Gods word This was the testimony of
his daughter, who knew his habits at
home Prince Metternnich claimed to be
an atheist, but at forty years of age he
wrote to friend 81 read every day one
or two chapters of the Bible daily
discover new beauties in it. and l pros
trate myself before this admirable book.
Now believe and do not criticize When
near the close oflife, the great Napol-
con said Here lies the book of books.
do not tire in reading it. and do so dali
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Is with pleasure. The soul charged with
the beauty of the Gospel is no longer its
own: God possesses it entirely. He di-
reefs its thoughts and faculties. 1t is
His"
The Earl of Rochester when reclaimed
form inidelity, pointing to the Bible, re
marked: There is true philosophy.
This is the wisdom that speaks to the
heart A bad life is the only grand OBJ
| lection to this book Since able men
have found no satisfying benefit in other
books, but have found il in this. let us
accept the lessons they have learned and
love the word of God
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