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pa ges of the rolls of his writings. But
the master said. Il go To- prepare = place
for YOU" promise al a life to come in-
nniteiy Grandcr than this.
Finally compress into one great unit all
the pathoS. all the sublimity. all the
strength of Pagan literature, and the glow
ing mass paIes before the sermon on the
mount.
IF then the New Testament offers as
! have endeavored 20 prove. in addition 10
inspiration unqueStiOncd by thoughtful.
fair-minded men. oratory which places it
IN the same plane with the highest eIO-
quence OF Rome and Greece. pathus which
moves the heart far more than the tender
est sentiments OF Latin bartls: sublirnity
loftier than the greatest intellects repuh-
!iCan or imperial Rome ever attained, in
veCtive against sin and iniquiiy as with
ering as Latin satirist could command.
reasoning more cOgcnt and philosophy more
profound than the combined power of all
pagan schools could produce: narrative as
graphic as the ablcst historian ever com
posed, why. simply from the standpoint
Of the scholar and the rhet orician, should no.
the Bible have a place among the text
books of all the higher Institutions OF learn
ing?"
REPORTS FROM COLLEGES.
President Rankin of Howard University
read reports from colleges as to the use
Of the Bible. He wrote to IL institutions
and received Al answers. He said Presi-
dent Andrews of Brown reported regular
work there and was ready TO cooperate
with the society in any profitable way.
President Gates Of Amherst made a simi-
ar response. President Eliot of Harvard
replied that the Bible is not used there as
textbook in the sense meant. There is
a theological school, and there are nu.
merous Bible classes and much teaching
by the divinity students.
President Patton of Princeton said the
Bible was taught there regularly. and they
were ready to cooperate i'll any way with
ihe society. Johns Hopkins replied that
here are Semitic and other classes iu
which the Bible is constantly used as Il
subject OF study. Swarthmore, the Quak-
er school, gave a negative response all
around. The Bible is lot used as Il text
book; their interest in it is not On the in.
crease, AMI no way is known in which the
society can help the college nor the college
ihe society. &.
L ES>iuSHl Ltt. OF washington ana Lee,
responded that the Bible is taught there
regularly two hours week The Uai-
verSity of Tenne sscc does not offer regu-
lar course OF Billie study. but there are the
usual Bible classes in the vicinity. and i'll
terest in them is on the increase. The
suggestion was made from there that col
legeS be induced to send delegates to the
summer conferences of the society Van
derbilt and FisSe Universities. at Nash
vile. and BercaD, near Richmond, KY,
responded that the Bible is used there and
is read with much interest.
BIBLE sTUDY ESSENTIAL.
Hiram College, President Garficld's
alma mater. replied that one years Bible
study was essential 70 graduation. Ober-
lin, Knox. Illinois, North western, all re-
Piled that the Bible is regularly studied and
interest on the increase. Wharton replied
that the Bible is used from the be ginning
Of the course to the end.
At Doane College. Nebraska, the Bible
is taught. President ANGEL of the Univer-
sity of Michigan replied that Bible study is
for many reasons left to voluntary effort,
1t is used freely and interest is increasing
Racine, Beloit and RipOn of Wisconsin; Call
ifornia College and Stanford University
all offer courses. Minnesota University
has teaching some what SIMILAR to that Of
Johns Hopkins.
Howard University here teaches the Bible