The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-08-24
THE BIBLE Is THE BOOK.
way fnE SACRED NOiuME ~ READ
uY NEWSPAPER WRITER'S.
|hni Chas. A. Dana says Of it-fis
Advice he Troy TeicEram's"
Eloquent Essay.

Editor Dana Of the New York sun
L.e al,t..t.s held the Bible as the highest
f;,.,.,,,r, s... tho Tyoy
It. - iD D'HHi' hvf HtiNinlet'Va'
nr. ntarI he has often claimed superior
A.. s,sr .g.s- other work. aud he has
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''''inNt ''N N''N. w.
tW presumption "hich ventufed TO cal
.n au.knot if7 perfect correctntss. In
thf... .creuct' be has shown by I'M
uHsiahnhia sVns hi4 reverence for the
sanea volume
~ fl farafi lecture before the Wis
cnuan Editorial Association on The
art 3 NewaeW}af Making which with
two other lectures on the same subject
Hna iuat.hten published by the Apple
fout n D. meat iitlie volume. he spoke of
he brooks "a young journalist ought to
annd aa follows;
'Nhst heHha ought yon 10 readf
There Hle some hoDl,t that are indispens-
1b'n- fcW books.
"AmnHf AN books have their use,
estr fIe silly ones. ana an omniVofous
i.r. iI hp reaus uieiiiReniiy, never
lael isol hat h.s tine Is wasted, even
hu he lows : ON the iiimslest trash
1nat 6 priuicdi but there are some
WQhs tiat ere absolutely Indispensable
tq tnf sind oi education That we are
contemplating anl o. the profession
thRf We nre considering: aud OF all
cheese tNf ni.ft iuailpensAhie, the most
gauiui hr ono Whose knowledge Is
uattcii uli9a. D. tliu Bible.
''thrye ia no hook from when more
valuable lessons can be learned. am
considering ~ now not as religious
l4uk. bat ms p manual OF utility. OF pro.
ion1i preparation aud professional
Hm l1r journalist There Is perhaps
% book whose style Is more suggestive
pl iuQre instructive. from which you
learn more directly that sublime SIM
HlIiitg which mover cNaggeratee, which
oc1nns tae gFentest events with
snIemllty, Of course but without sentl-
meulality oi affection; none which you
1pmu with uchconiidcnce and lay down
Fiti such reverence. 49,.
There is 10 book IKE inc biole:
When sou get into a controversy anu
vaut eNactlY tie right answer, when
son are looking Tor an expression, what
- there rnat closes dispute ike verse
.ton the iiible' What Is II that sets up
die riRlft principle for you. which pleads
tyr policy. Tor cause, 50 much as the
eht massage Of holy ScriplureY'
Ono young journalist won u high posi-
don ID faw ynars ago. and still holds il.
chiefly hy ,iia aufness at Scripture quo
ati0ns. IS hich attracted the attention
81 the nentlnman in charge They were
aqaea nnnronn1te and opposite, and
feqitnfly put au unanswerable clincher
unon an argument.
THE minority Of readers accept the
Ihle as ahsolute authority. and hence
q hos more power Tor conviction than
avs other classic.
There may be- those who question its
! iaiftanry. but they seldom dispnte the
i1rce of rs logic or the value of its
rnd moral maxime. And then it is a
look for universal reading, and those
who paes il by az ANTICIPATED or devoid
int3rest aud entertainment make a
istake.
Much Of the value Of the Bible has
lasn lost through the error Of pious
nranls Ia making iis reading task or
punishment for their children. in
W. w. nsnGrg sue aa hoauties, and
lfr maas uaintivrs That ate cal
uiafsi f-htil utel0tcu-sf % children.
y >tfe have aie.v. ,eeafled tliat of
Z Aui.v els-.f M y n No
( greadcr acprg ~ fraiernni and alial love
was efe tole; non" more tfroicof iruer
I u the lOfticsi conceptions 81 true man
! ho9' rnfl elElctef.
ihe rescue oi Noses. his truth to his
I pconle. md the aHui;i.ii development OF
We cher Ger gu he Wa chosen as their
lenders he Hauderings ~ the wilder
neAs. va ailof which nc remained their
husier aud retained their confidence
eHA Kept then true To the Immortal
lfsiih, b one Of the snhlimest chapters in
Eau hntofy
4 te 0ath 81 David vas also full OF
! Drilling incidents. ana his elevation
rom Che place - q humble shepherd
/ loyto utcome We gr'nfest OF all the
m9HarchF OF Judea IL Unparalleled by
any success Of leadership in later his
ttOry