The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-09-17
SUNDAY MEDITATION.

Iscp' 2 l. Review sunday. In She absence Of
any specific lesson. we have chosen TO consider
the Names Applied to the Bib!e.l
Ito IS likely TO be the best and the most
effective Christian who is fullest instructed.
Specially should everyone study the Holy
Bible. Let John Gresn.eal Whittier give his
testimony:
Gallery Of sacred pictures manifold.
4 minister rich iu holy cfligie-.
And bearing ca cutab.nfuFr and fr.CZ0
The HirroElypAi. oraslC- az old.
Along Iis lrau-cat nurrD'cd martyrs sc;
Ana the low chguCcl -ide-ig tts bali 7cTuairt
lae eve with =uriue- Of prophet. brri and saint,
Their golden tablet. traced ru holy wrtl
but only when ou form and word obscure
rails from above .Hr white -uFrrra. light
We read tltr mystic characters Alright,
And light Informs Tire silent uurtraIsre,
Unit! we pausc 90 in-t awe held before
The one InciIttb.a Face love, wonder and adore.
They who have read Stauicy's In Darkest
Africa notice how much the explorer searched
the Holy Scriptures during tho Emcn eypedI-
ton. Alexandra Dumas made the BInlo his
principal reading. and that because he priced
o. above an other books. Lord ltougbtOu, in
bis Monographs, tells US Hciuc's views AS TO
attempts 90 make more lucid the beauties Of
tho Bible By comparisons with the old Greek
Craumariaus Said Ileiuc: Vain words, vain
tests Oi all human Judgment. IL IS God s work,
like q tree, like a lower. like the sea, like man
himself 10 is the U0rd Of COL that and no more
We should not study the Bible simply in
tellcctuaily; we must seek the aid OF tho
Author, the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Greut God. thy word 20 US i given,
To guard our souls from sin:
IL shows the only path to heaven,
And bids u7 walk therein.
To read and love thy holy word,
% EIHy we be inclined;
With reverence may IL truths be heard.
And treasured IN our mind.
Open our eyes. that we may see
The wonders written there;
And turn with our whole heart 20 thee,
And shnn each hurtful snare.
Thus may we find the path TO heaven,
ia these our youthful days.
And thr biczt volume thou hast given,
shall lead u ia thy ways
Christ promised his Disciples thus: "When
He, the Spirit Of truth Is come lie will guide
you into all truth" (St. John, 10 49,
SUBJECT: THE NAMES OF THE CHURCH TEXT
Book.
THE ENGLIsH NAMES.
Almost alt books have - variety Of appella-
tious by which they arc known. This is we'll.
We have to speak so often OF the Bible, that II
we were obliged invariably TO use the same title
for II, our dction IN this respect might seem
quite mOnOtOugus.
!. The AlphaJcfie List Of Names.
We haze the following names:
/. Bible The.
.. Book lThel
3. Book Divine.
4. Book Of God Tor Of the Lord).
.. Book o: Life.
6. Holy Bible Tor Book.
z. Holy Library (Thcl.
:. Holy Scripture Tor Scriptures.
o Holy Writ lor Wr.tingJ.
10 Law and Gospel.
II. Sacred Word.
% Scriptures The.
Il Word fof God or Of the Tor1}
.. Miscellaneous English Names Of The Bile.
a. We proceed first 10 give names found IN
! Psalm 1l9.
That is a wonderful psalm. There is some
| word, as a substitute for tho Scriptures in all
the l7G verses except in verses 122 and f32. A
I few 50 render verse 100 as 20 understand the
word "good in the sense Of the Scriptures
| Aud some have believed the word "Rame in
\ verse l32 another expression synonymous
\ for the Bible. We choose, however. 10 omit
| from our list below tho words good " and
| name" found in verses 122 and 49, Though
\ the Hebrew language has only about 5000
/ words we find in this single psalm in the
/ original 10 different expressions 10 be under.
/ stood as substitutes for tho word Scriptures.
| In the outline below, thc first column gives
\ the number Of different words used in said
| psalm for tho Holy Scriptures; the second
| column gives, in alphabetic order, words SO
! used; the third column gives the first verse il
which each such word is found; the fourth
/ column states the number Of times each such
/ word occurs; the fifth column is a list Of the
! Hebrew words AngliCized.