The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-07
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ut Iast Is BrouHht Within s the
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1t may seem somewhat unusual fo
a daily paper to offer q purely reli
Iglous work llke the Dorenlble lii parti
since herstos5Es Tie d3ib6n Oilers
-lhave appealed solely to the secular
'lsentimont OF the people; but we con.
slider that anything which spreads the
knowledge OF the Gospel among old
las well rs young; rich as we'll as poor
has tendency To strengthen the fam.
silly tie and to better tho community
10th OF which must certainly fall with
I'm the province OF n newspaper pub
lished for tho good OF the common,
wealth.
We therefore offer this portfolio
with the conviction that thousands
upon thousands OF our readers who
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work In Its more expensive form will
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mot only because Of the good IL Will dc
aud tho religion 1t will teach but also
because. as an educating and elovat
Ing work OF art. 1t has had a greater
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cities than any other portfolio.
We Will run a series of thirteen OF
these portfolios, one of which may be
obtained ench week by any Que cutting
out coupons from this paper and re
turning them with 10 cents In stamps
or coin TO this Office.
Each part will contain 10 pages
eight OF beautifully engraved scenes
from the Bible painted by Dore and
eight OF accompanying descriptions
written BY that great divine. Talbot W.
Chambers ID. d.
The designs are oil consecutive, be
ginning with the Garden of Eden and
continuing throughout to the end of
the New Testament, and the descrlp.
tons not only refer to tho text but OK
plain many points that otherwise
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Ifamiliarize them with tho events In
TIL Old and New Testaments.
The Held which it covers is unlimIt-
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dent, to the historian. and the lover oil
lart. Pictures have always been the
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duty. How much more readily will
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teacher hold the attention Ut his hear.
ers II he can show item consecutive
pictures OF the lesson OF the day.
/ We all realize the power of the In
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In NJ
year the Bible has larger circulation
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land 1t has been the theme for more
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one wish to read the full text so aa
not to lose one word of tho engross.
Ing story. If each week, as these pic
lures are Issued. the story is read
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