The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-15
Concentrations of the HoEy Bible.

Rev Dr. Storrs of Brook yu: ~ look upon
the Bible as the book for the world, and see
its divine authorship as plainly as | see the
authorship of God in the stars, which know
no human mechanic could have built in his
workshop and flung out into space but when
the critics pick away at the Bible, l say well,
it is no great matter; if it gratfes them it does
not hurt me, and as long rs ali the universities
in the world combined are not able to make
another Bible that shall be 80 cosmcal in its
range of appeal, and so mighty in its power over
men and women, over mind and heart and life
aud over the growing civ lzatiOn itself, to which
it ministers, ! rest assured that this is Gods
book, aud not man's-as certain as / am that
this is his globe under my feet, and not some
thing which human carpenters have builded."
1t was a day of surprise to our country when
William II. Seward ventured to declare the
doctrine called the Higher Law" meaning
the Bible, has greater authority than the
human will, and that it must take precedence
of all humaf law. Lawmakers must under
stand this fact. Gods law is the highest law,
Gods law is the law of the universe; from
Gods law there can be no appeal-not an item
in it can be changed in principle, not jot nor
title of it can be altered.
Chief Justice Hornblower declared of the
Bible that it was "the standard of righteous
ness"
When Charles Elliott d. 1892; d. 1862, clergy
man, professor, editor, etc, was in his 77th
year be read through the Old Testament in
three weeks. His daughter asked him. of day,
what he was reading? He answered, u am
reading news
The famous European and Oriental scholar,
Sir William Jones, said: "a / am of opinion that
the Bible contains more true sublimity, more
exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more
important history, and purer strains OF poetry
and eloquence than can be collected from all
r. tn.n
"a stream where alike the elephant may
swim and the lamb may wade" is what
Gregory the Great said of the Bible.
One day friend of Dean Stanley, German
holding in his hand copy of the Greek New
Testament, said to the Dean: :" In that little
Book is all the wisdom of the world"
SUBJECT: The NAMES OF THE CHURCH
Textbook.
The English Names.
Almost all books, have a variety of appela-
tions by which they are known. This is well.
We have to speak SO often of the Bible that il
we were obliged invariably to use the same
title for it our dictien in this respect might
seem quite monotoneus.
/. The Alphabetic List of Names.
We have the following names:
/. Bible (Thel. Il
g Book (Thel. tee ~
g. Book Divine. rs
4. Book of God Tor of the Lord).
5. Book of Life. Is
6. Holy Bible Cor Book.
z. Holy Library tThel.o
8. Holy Scripture for Scriptures).
8. Holy Writ Tor Writing.
10. Law and Gospel
IL. Sacred Word.
IL. Scriptures (The1.
-. Word (of God OF Of the Lord).
2. Miscellaneous English Names Of the Bi5Is.
q. We proceed first to give names found in
Psalm 49,
In the outline below the first column gives
the number of different words used in said
Psalm for the Holy Scriptures; the second col
umn gives in alphabetical 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 word &C.
ours; the fifth column is list of the Hebrew
words Anglicized: