Evening star., 1900-04-18

using the real world. Of storing the mind
with fundamentals as the model prayer
and the essential doctrines of Christianity,
but also that soul Of successful methods. in
dividual training. The twelve disciples
were not nodded in the same form, but de-
veloped into individual men: they were
constant companions, yet were not merged
into single type of men.
The Advantages of the Bible.
'In the Bible, then, We get the new meth
DDS which we seek, and with them we get
the great Personality. The life, the truth,
the way and His ideals. I mean. that the
study OF the Bible in our colleges is for
learning and to bring to the students the
very broadest ideas Of our civilization, to
show them whence has sprung the great
body of our intelligence, and that this
sacred book breathed the breath of lives
into science literature, legislation and our
social and political institutions. This Bible
has been the great educator Of man, and is
being more and more recognized as such.
Our colleges place it in the curriculum to-
day. not that they are seeking book of re-
ligion merely, but for a deeper and wider
reason. They know the Bible is the great
est book the world has, and that it has
spread civilization among the nations. 1t
would be in the courses to be studied If for
no other reason than that it is book of
learning, of taste and genius, of history and
eloQuence. In the realm of ancient history
it is first among authorities. The opening
sentence is In the beginning going back
of all other histories. Among the classics
there is none of the high rank of the Bible.
The most exacting critics will say that it is
a standard of excellence. AS in the church
it is a text book of religion, so in the world
Of letters 1t Is first among authorities The
Bible is the best book of ethics both for the
state and denominational college And fur
nishes the most exact moral order for both
state and society,".
Apathy of Churches.
DR.. J. E. Gilbert, the secretary of the
American Society of Religious Education
under whose auspices the congress is being
held made strong plea for the more thor
ough teaching of the Bible in the Sunday
schools. The churches, he declared, were
apathetic over the condition which exists in
these important branches of their system.
Sunday schools neglected everywhere SEN
sible Scripture teaching. The questions
were what to teach, how to teach and by
whom it should be taught. On the second
the churches had broken down completely.
He announced that arrangements were
being made to hold a meeting in connection
with the approaching convention of the Ma
tional Educational Association at Charles
ton, 8. c., when the educators there as
sembled will be conferred with over the
general adoption Of biblical instruction. He
paid high tribute to Mr.. Harris, United
States commissioner of education, for his
Jealous efforts in this direction.
In the course Of his remarks to accentu-
ate the neglect Of the Bible in an instruc-
tive way, DR.. Gilbert said it required two
days for him to get the faculty of a de-
nominationai college in New York together
to consider the subject. When they did
meet the president of the college said: I'VE
have the Bible read every morning in the
chapel, and. for the Lords sake, what more
do you want?'
The session concluded at 11:45 o'clock,
when the delegates went to the White
House to pay their respects to President
Mckinley.
Conference of Mothers
A mothers conference was also held in
the auditorium of the church this morning,
at which means were considered to secure
the best teaching Of the Bible to children
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster read a lengthy paper
on Home. the Nursery of Child Piety"
Piety, she said, was a reverent knowledge