The Monitor-register., 1897-10-08

marvellous life as that of Jesus Christ,
while four Of the ripest scholars of the
age use nearly 5000 pages, must give to
every word of the Bible account a pc
culiar meaning. He urged the reading
Of the Bible as a whole and said 1t is not
q library of sc books, as Is often claimed,
but one book. In proof Leviticus has no
meaning without Hebrews, and you
can't take any part of it away End leave
the Bible as q whole. Read for three
things: 1, Facts; 2, Truths. Truth is the
spirit of the fact, the power of the deed.
8. Inspiration. Read with attention,
prayer and personal application. Read
Geographically. All deeds revolve around
men. Every period has its leading
character. Instances were given of
Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, Christ
and Paul. Then fread t~opically, and H.
Illustrations were given Of the thought
presented. The person who reads the
Bible must believe that 1t is now the
word OF God. God gave US a perfect
book when the last book of the New
Testament was finished, and it would be
preposterous to suppose that he then left
it alone as q deserted orphan. The
providence that has preserved it is
C4udlAy ihcPiIo0s ~ AAoy low
it, as man marred the living word, but
God has kept the Bible which he made
and gave us.
Examples were then given of how to
search the Bible, and he said that the
most essential things in reading the
Bible always were fact from feeling.
Get the fact by the study of the written
word, the fire by communion with the
ls.s-- ~-@-l onI fnnli-0 h., nnnka at u1tfh
your scholars. The Holy Ghost works
through the word ~only-written word
the Bible, assembled word-Christ and
the living word. the teacher.
Benz. Patterson, County Secretary, In
reporting the work In the County,
commended the f%aithfulness of the town
ship secretaries, and asked that more
care be given the work of preparing
statistics by the secretaries of schools.
There are 70 schools in the county, IS of
which are union schools, and 81 schools
were open all the year. There are 997
officers and teachers and 7640 scholars,
showing an increase of about 1400 over
last years. figures. OF the entire
membership, 2717 scholars are church
members, $50 of whom joined the church
during the year, being double the number
of the year previous. There has been an
average attendance at the Sunday. schools
of 4541. In the home department 8 new
schools have been added, making a total
of o. The membership of this depart
ment reaches $50. In the Primary
department 1891 scholars are enrolled
and % schools have signed the pledge.
The contributions for all purposes
amounted to 1888 81; for benevolent
objects, $1336 "a was raised; for county
and State work, $93. 04.
The treasurer reported balance Oh hand
at beginning of year of $152.97; received
$12S. 16; expended $14S 30; balance on
hand $137. "a.
The auditing committee reported that
they had examined the accounts and
found them correct.
On motion of M 81. Strattan, $110 was
for State work.
Tit committee on nominations reported
following as the officers for the
year:
President, Rev. Geo. s. Wendell,
Alloway.
Vice. Residents, s. r. Leap, Psnns-
grove; Rev. Alfred Wagg and Mrs. s.
N. Johnson, Elmer; Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
MINI, of Salem; Rev. F. j. Collier, D.
. .lMOQ1ntoYn.