The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-08-26
FROM THE NEW BIBLE.
EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW READ
Err FOR CHICAGO SCHOOLS.


of Every Greed or of No Creed-PsaJ N,
Much Used-The Ideal Woman.
Below will be found some extracts
Srom the new Bible designed for the
public schools of Chicago, with view
to making the Holy Scriptures unobjec.
tionable to Christian, Jew, Mohamme.
has been prepared by specially appoint
ed committee This Bible reader is the
outgrowth of suggestion made by the
late Professor David Swing five years
ago. 1t has now been 90 years since the
board Of education discontinued the
reading of the Bible in the public schools
of Chicago
Each selection is put under a head
which explains the nature of the context,
much as newspaper puts heads over
its different items of news. This is in
measure explanatory and gives the
younger people better idea of the
meaning of what they are reading than
if there was nothing to indicate what it
meant.
Two Great Commandments.
The first selection appears under the
lead Of ''The Two Great Command
ments" and consists of the thirtieth and
thirty first verses of the twelfth chapter
of Mark:
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with ali
thy heart and with all thy soul and with all
thy mind and with all thy strength. This il
the first commandment. And the second is
Iilyn-nat11p1yv tliS. Tbou holt o;o
Dor as myself. There is none other command
ment greater than these.
Young Children Blessed" is the title
of an excerpt from the tenth chapter of
Mark, in which occurs that much used
text, Suffer the little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not, for Of
such is the kingdom of God. -
From the Psalms.
The Psalms and Proverbs are exten.
siVely drawn on throughout the book.
especially in the first part One of the
most striking compilations from those
sources is Morning and Evening Medi-
tations. !"
laid me down and slept. I awaked,
For the Lord sustained me.-Psalms iii, 5.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me,
o God
How great is the sum Of theml
If should count them they are more in num-
Der than the sand.
When l awake / am still with thee.-Psalms
cxxxix, II, 49,
will both lay me down in peace and sleep,
For thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safe,
ty,-Psalms vi, 8,
The fifth selection is the Lords Pray
or, which is given under the head of
THE Universal Prayer " The words are
set to music.
Following this appropriately comes
the twenty-third psalm with its decla-
ration that "The Lord is my shepherd;
shall not want "
The parable of the prodigal son is
printed under the head GA Patient,
Forgiving, Generous Father.
Words of Cheer.
Consultations of religion, as tersely set
forth in the Bible, appear under the cap
ton, words of Cheer. Here are some
Of them:
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble
Therefore will not be feared, though the earth
be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea,
Though the waters thereof roar and be trou-
bled,
Though the mountains shake with the swell,
ing thereof,-Psalms XVI, 1-3
Open We the gates that the righteous nation
which Reepeth the truth may enter in.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose
mind is staid on thee,
Because he trusteth in thee.
Trust We in the Lord forever,
For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
strength. Isaiah XVI, PA.
Decal6gue and Beatitude.
The Ten Commandments, unlike the
Lord S Prayer, are given in full under
their own name.
THE Blessed is the title given to
that part of the fifth chapter of Matthew
which is devoted to description of those
who have found favor in the eyes of
God, the first being that oft quoted
verse, Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. .
The beginning Of the third chapter Of
Proverbs, which commences, my son,
forget not my law, but let thine heart
keep my commandments, y is used to
show the nature Of the boundless Re
wards of Obedience,
Story of Joseph.
The story Of Joseph was evidently con.
sidered to be instructive by the compil-
ers. They devote several pages to it, the
tale being divided into chapters under
these heads; 'Josoph's Dreams, !"
Joseph in Trouble, " Joseph Sold Into
Slavery, . "Pharaohs Dreams, I" "The