The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-01

We see so many books we do not under.
stand what = book Is. Stand It on end.
Measure 1.-THE height Of it, the depth Of 1t,
the length Of it, the breadth Of it. You can
not do 1t. Examine the paper and estimate
the progress made from the time Of the i'm
pressions on clay, and then on the bark Of
trees and from the bark Of trees to papyrus
] and from papyrus to the hide Of wild beasts,
and from the hide Of wild beasts on down
until the miracles Of our modern paper man
ufactories, and then see the paper, white aud
pure as an infants soul, waiting for Gods In
Scription.
A book! Examine the type OF it. Examine
| the printing Of it, and see the progress from
the time when Solons laws were written on
oak planks, and Hesiod's poems were written
On tables OF lead and the Siniatic commands
were written on tables of stone, on down to
Hoes perfecting printing press.
A book It took all the universities Of the
past, all the martyr fires, all the civilizations,
all the battles, all the victories, all the de-
eeats, all the glooms, all the brightness all
the centuries to make it possible.
A book! 1t Is the chorus Of all ages; It Ii
the drawing room In which kings and queens
and orators and poets and historians come
out to greet you. If worshiped anything
On earth would worship that. II burned
uCeuSe 70 any loOl "oulQ puuo au olIor 70
that. Thank God for good BOOKS healthful
books inspiring books Christian books,
books Of men, books Of women, Book Of God.
1t Is with these good books that we are to
overcome corrupt literature. Upon the frogs
swoop with these eagles. depend much for
the overthrow Of iniquitous literature upon
tho mortality Of books. Even good books
nave hard struggle to live.
folyblus wrote forty books; only i've or
them left. Thirty books Of Tacitus have
perlshed: Twenty books Of Pliny have per-
tshed. Livy wrote one hundred and forty
books; only thirty live Of them remain.
Aschylus wrote one hundred dramas; only
seven remain. Euripides wrote over hum
dred; only nineteen remain. Vatro wrote
the biographies Of over seven hundred great
Romans. All that wealth Of biography has
persisted. II good and valuable books have
such struggle to live, what must be the
fate Of those that are diseased and corrupt
and blasted at the very startl They will die
as the frogs when the Lord turned back the
plague. The work OF Christianization Will
go on unth tnere VIII % nognng lele oue
good pookS, and Gney WILL take the supremacy
0i Q, tne Wori9. Mayyou ana i've 10 SEQ the
INDUSTRIOUS oay!
Agalnst every oao pampnlet SEND good
pamphlet; against every unclean picture send
an Innocent picture; against every sour.
rilous song SEND Cnr1stlan song; against
every bad book send good book; and then
II VIII oe as IL was IN ancient Ioiedo where
tne Ioletum mlssals were kept Dy t9e SAINTS
IN SIX cnurcnes. ana tne sacrneglous Romans
oemanaea tnsc 1nose mlssais oe aesGroyea,
ana tnat tne roman mlsssls pe sunsgltuted;
anu tae war came ON, anu am glao 20 say
tnaI 1ne ~nole maCIer havins oeeh reterreo
70 champions, tne champion OF tne Ioletum
mlssais with one olow orougnt down tho
champion OK the roman mlssas.
80 II VIII De IN our gay. Inc good neera-
lure tne CnrlsGah Hselature, In ltS cnam-
pionsniP Ior Too, anu tne truta, WIZ pring
GOVT Cne egii iTetasu.e SS . N lts cnampionsnlp
Ior tne s ueV, t Lee, t,ngnng III tS 70 % 1ne Ups OF
hcd 10y nJ aiI tha dsnthS ~ n H, 'e, eo,,i - ~
Ooay; anu sh au .ne J1psnSS VI rha.r mS SOUL inc
eei"ain'y u om "iu9u to;I; SIHs. Sp. ~. t
men and women wac 1, ary .a Nulng lot ao Sno
purihcation OF society,"; ion w VIII youi m iaS,' he
IN the sunhgnt: II uoa 10 LUZ us' "no'
who can be against usT
Lady hester Stannope was tne oauSlter
Of the third Earl OF Stanhope, ana aleer aer
nearest friends had dlea she % went 70 eaat sne lar
east, took possession OF aeseteea convelS; ~
thre" up fortresses amid Sne mouneains I'll "
Lebanon, opened Ine casIie 10 tne pTGr, a anu
the wretcneo, ana tne stcS rno "oaiu ~ t sou1e