The National tribune., 1891-12-17
SUNDAY MEDITATION.
lIDec. q Is Review Sunday In the absence Of
any specific lesson. have chosen 20 consider the
Names applied to the Bible

any specific lesson we have chosen 20 consider the
Names applied to the Bible.l
lf~ PRELIMINARY.
"O'Brien- Balm" took much interest In ascer-
tanning the favorite books read BY eminent
persona. Among others he c0nversed at Wash
iHgton ClSssl with Senator CuIlom. Of Illinois.
In tho interview the Senator said: / do not
read the Bible perhaps rs much as I ought,
considering the fact that believe is teachings.
do not think it is read as much now by public
men rs il was in the times Of Daniel Webster.
/ frequently use quotations from it in my
speeches, aud think they give my speech q
higher tone"
Iarih Bill, said: IL am very fond OF reading
the Bible. and know more abodt il than most
preachers"
He added that ministers are beginning TO
take so great part in public matters that 10 be-
comes politicians to be familiar with the Bible,
SO that If need DO they can match any clerical
opponents
Senator John j. ingalls, placed the book Of
job hrst in his choice of literature. lie said !:
i read now with the most pleasure the book
ofJob. Whether Job is a biography or q novel
! am not sure, but it is generally considered, I
believe, rs the most ancient literary cOmpO-
sitiOn-the oldest production Of the human
mind. 10 Is to me profoundly interesting be-
eatise Il shows that man in the morning aud
Infancy Of the race was disturbed by the same
problems that perpleK us now-the existence Of
evil aud sin--the prosperity Of the wieked-the
adversely OF the good-the Immortality Of the
soul: If man die shall he live again p"
We add the following concentrations OF
Gods Word Nearing death an aged saint said (:
have studied all my life only three books
the Bible. my own heart, and the beauties of
nature"
Benjamin Franklin: "Young man, my ad-
vira IN - fh.t INF
ance with and a firm belief in the Holy Script
ure-this is your certain interest"
Goethe: " it is belief in the Bible, the fruits
ofdsep meditation, which has served me az the
gaide o. my moral and literary life. 1 have
jound tia capital safely invested, and richly
productive Of interest"
StBJECT: THE NAMES OF THE CHURCH TEXT
Book.
THE ENGLISH NAMES.
Almost all books have a variety Of appelia-
tions by which they arc known. This is we'll
We have to speak So often of the Bible, that If
we were obliged invariably TO use the same title
for it, our dctiOn in this respect might seem
qaite monotonous.
l. The AIpka5etic List Of Names.
We have the following names:
]. Bible (Thel.
2. Book CThel.
4. Book of God Tor Of the L.ordl.
3. Book Of Life
8. Holy Bible Tor Book.
2. Holy Library CTheJ
s. Holy Scripture Tor Scriptures).
3. Holy Writ Cor Writingj.
10. Law and Gospel.
IL. Sacred Word
L. Scriptures fThel.
IL Word (Of God or Of the Lord.
2. MiscelLaasoas English Names Of the Bible.
a. We proceed first to give names found IN
Psalm 1i0
That is a wonderful psalm. There is some
word as a substitute for tho Scriptures in alt
the lT6 verses, except in verses 122 and 1872 A
ie" so render verse I22 as TO understand the
word " good IN tho sense Of the Scriptures
And some have believed the word name in
verse l3< another expression synonymous for
the Bible We choose, however. % omit from
our list below the words " good and name"
found IN verses 122 and 49, Though the He
brew language has only about 5000 words, we
',hnlin this single psalm in the original 10 diff
iaraHt expressions 20 be understood as suLsti-
tutes for the word Scriptures
In the outline below the first column gives
the number Of different words used in said
psalm for the Holy Scriptures; the second
column gives, in alphabetic order words so
used the third column gives the first verse in
which each such word is found the fourth
column states the number Of times each such
iwOrd occurs; the fifth column is list Of the
Hebrew words Anglieizsd.