The National tribune., 1894-06-14
SUNDAY MEDITATION.
The Bible as the Foundation Of Our
Ecclesiastical and National Advan-
Il
tageS.

| No lesson has been designated for June "a.
Each Sunday school may have either re-
view or some subject self-selected. We
would suggest study of the names for the
| Bible. If familiar with these we shall see
the Holy Scripture from different points,
and be able more fully to take it all into
comprehension. Each name applied to the
| Bible will set us to thinking of it in several
| of its more conspicuous and important rela-
| tions to us. We shall also have an illustra-
| ton of the richness of our English language.
Concentrations of the Holy Bible.
| It would be interesting to know the
| opinions of most famous men as to the Holy
| Scriptures.
Professor Seelye wrote the following:
"The Bible does not need any defense so
much as it needs proclamation. 1t defends
itself wherever it is known. Deep in every
soul there dwells forever witness to the
| truth, whose clear eye and steady voice will
see and respond to it wherever it is known.
We do not need to implore men to believe
the truth. We only need that they shall
apprehend it, and then we may defy them
to deny it. And thus the Bible, as eternal
truth, needs no other argument for its sup
port than itself clearly preached.
"There are defenders of the truth who
think it otherwise. They treat the Bible
as a weakly infant, which must be bolstered
up and carefully sustained, lest it fall. And
so they bring together their learning and
philosophy, their human reasoning and re-
search, which they Use as proof to keep the
Bible up, trembling all the while lest one of
these should fail, and the truth, unsupported,
sink to it's hurt But the Bible disdains all
these appliances. 1t is no weakly infant.
1t has more than giants strength, and can
not only stand unaided, but can walk forth
alone, conquering and to conquer"
The Edinburg Reriea0 is authority for the
statement below:
"The Bible might have been uniform,
perfect, without varieties of text or state
ment without faults of grammar or dictiOn,
without difference of style or progress of
doctrine. The Bible is nothing of the kind.
It is full OF the inequalities, varieties pauses,
silences, lights and shades, which indicate
the hand of God in creation, and which
indicate it no less in the multiform diversity
of His own express revelation. In this lies
its inexhaustible strength, its boundless YER
satility, its unbroken hold on the hearts and
consciences of men-the true signs of Look
wherein resides the voice of Him whose
voice is as the voice of many waters the
language in which we all of US hear, every
we are born, the wonderful works Of Cod"
Charles Wesley delighted in Gods Word,
and often joy stirred him to sing its praises.
We cite in illustration these lines:
"When quiet in my house sit
Thy Book be my com anion still;
My joy thy sayings TO repeat,
Talk DER the records Of thy Will,
And search the oracles divine.
Till every heartfelt. word be mine.
OH ma the racioas vofds diyine
Subject of all my converse be;
So will the Lord his foil wer join.
And walk and Ia TX himself with me;
So shall my heart kis presence prove,
And burn with everlasting love.
"oft as lay me down TO rest,
Oh may the reconciiing Word
Sweetly compose my weary breasts
While on the bosom ofmy Lord
sink in blissful dreamsaway
And visions Of eternal day.
arising TO sing my Savior's praise,
Thee may publish all day long:
~ Ard let thy precious Word of grace
Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue:
Fill all my heart with purest love,
Aud join me TO the church above"
Mote: We would suggest the Supernt eLdent
read 10 the school these concentrations of Gods
World
SUBJECT: THE NAMES OF THE CHURCH
TEXTBOOK.
The English Names
Almost all books have variety of appella-
tions by which they are known. This is
well. We have to speak so often of the
Bible that if we were obliged invariably to
use the same title for it, our diciion in this
respect might seem quite monotonous.
I. The alphabetical List Of Namea
We have the following names:
/. Bible (The).
2. Book (The).
g. Book Divine.
d. Book of God Tor of the Lordl
S. Book of Life.
g. Holy Bible Cor Book).
T. Holy Library (The).
g. Holy Scripture Tor Scriptures).
g. Holy Writ Tor Writing).
10 Law and Gospel.
II. Sacred Word.
r. Scriptures (The).
49, Word (of God or of the Lord).
g. Miscellaneous English Names of the Bible.
a. We proceed first to give names found
in Psalm 119.
]. Commandment.
g Judgments, Ordinances.
3. Law.
a. Precepts.
s. Righteousness.
G. Statutes.
T. Testimonies.
8. Truth, Faithfulnesa
8. Way.
10. Word.
Fyguratire Names for the Bible in Ps. 119.
l. Honey and Honeycomb. 103.
2. A Lamp. los.
g. A Light 105, $780,
b. Names from Other Portions Of Code
Word.
/. Book of the Covenant
g. Sword of the Spirit
g. ColoquiaI Names.
1. Chart.
2 A compass. The Bible is often spoken
of as a compass. To navigators it is very
necessary to have reliabl method of deter
mining cardinal points. The compass once
discovered, it might be expected there would
be great revival in commerce. The world
could then be compassed.
1t is said that Flavio Giaio invented the
compass at Naples in the year 1902. He
poised a magnetic needle on a fixed point
over circular card Indicating the four car
dinal points. In 1867 Marco Polo went to
Pekin, China. On his return he brought
what was practically a compass, which con-
sisted of magnetic needle attached to a
mere block of floating wood. 1t was the
first compass in Europe. 1t was not accu-
rate, but it suggested the posing of such
needle on delicate point. good many
experiments were made to reach this result,
at last cu Eliminating in the nlan of GiaiO He