The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-10

museum needs a leader and corps oi
specialists who have at command every
unusual Bible fact all means OF Illus
trating the customs and ha bits OF Bible
times and lands: II a leader in norma
class work wishes To test the qualities OF
any material as 70 iis strength, endur
for him in the laboratories OF this com
merciaf museum.
This muesum should he equipped
Win Win every valuable sid in Bible study
method and device, with warnings OF AL
mistaken zeal and visionary flights OF
ignorancs so that any pastor. SUNDAY
rian or teacher can send for any informa
tion desired as 10 the way others are
doing certain things. as to whether OF
spondent in a denominationsl paper
would proba bly,. be useful in a school
with the limitations OF his own The
How" then OF the Bible. i'm the TWEEN
tieth century, so far as organization Is
concerned. is largely answered In the
possibilities Of leadership through some
thing closely akin 10 the commercial mu-
scum Of Philadelphia.
SECOND QUESTION.
But let us not be deceived into thinking
thst tian ofgannization or answers the only aues-
be as dead as petrifed forest. while
the organization OF the twentieth century
must oS as vital as living organisms are
IN spring time. when-
hNery clod feels stir OF might,
An insllnct within IL which reaches and
And cropping blindly about II for light.
C1mbs To soul in grass and howers.r
The second question is where, where
better than IN New England. which has
been the cradle of more organized ideals
OF education and progress. of truth and
lands.
well-known beautiful tribute to June ir
the prelude TO THE Vision OF Sir Laun-
Ial may with equal propriety be sune
OF me srst days OF the new century
henF Now, because Of the tnspira-
ton of the new century. which should
delnge our being with its purpose and
BY whom? By earnest Christian men
and women, largely by the leaders in
sunday school work
How? When? Where2 BY whom? Let
so promptly so devotedly that the Bible
In the twentieth century will be iuteili-
gently and reverently enthroned in the
hearts of American youth.
III Il were as easy to do as 10 say. we
could make the twentieth century as
pure, as honest, as humane, as divine
truth requires; but II is one thing 10
know the truth and quite another to live
IL Suen Is human nature that II does
not arouse itself until II Is awakened to
ths necessity. IL is one thing TO string
the nlghways with copper wire. IL is quite
another 70 balance the lightnipgs upon
the series OF poles that have taken their
line OF march across the continent. The
world feared lightning for thousands OF
years before IL was harnessed. and then
Il thought il was the harness and not
the lightning that was serviceable When
Prot; Dolpear applied for a patent for
wireless telegraphy, in 1852, the wise men
because 1t was contrary TO the laws of
nature for the lightning 10. do good 90
man unless II wore mans harness. IL
REQUIRED four years for Prof. Dolbear 20
convince the authorities that electricity
was In the air as well as in the wire.
In the seventeenth century the fathers
thought the power Of the truth was In
church organiza tion; i'm the eighteenth
that IL was Ia the way IL was harnessed
TO theology In the nineteenth we have
attached IL through the Christian asso-
sionary board and the Sunday schoJ and
our faith depends upon seeing the wire
that connects the transmitting and re-
csiying instruments. Bur the twsntieth,
God Is In the very atmosphere OF social
and Industrial life. yes, In the politics and
commerce; that the God OF revelation and
OF nature is also the God OF human ma
ture, aud his truth Is not vitalized until
II Is revealed In men in their various So
cial functions.
crobe lurking anywhere In my system,
and yet | shudder when | think how the
twentieth century will end, unless there
is more OF the Bible in the dra wing and
counting room. in the shop and on the
street. than there has been since truth
walked the streets OF Palestine.
Prosperity may be glorious thing for
a man or for a nation, but pearls and
diamonds do not make heaven when the
-Four Hundred parade In jewels and
white robes Wall street Is paved with
gold to a greater depth than the vision
OF John ever conceived, but the golden
street does not make IL heaven, nor the
gate TO heaven. Unless the Golden Rule
can he enshrined there. IL will be easier
needle than for the bulls" and "bears"
10 appear In the presence Of the Lamb
Of God. What would II not mean if the
truth OF the Scripture could look down
Wall street as Trinity church does! The
twentieth century Will go out In gloom
more creepy. in darkness more dense,
than that which shut down upon Europe
ia the Middle Ages. unless the Bible
spirit and life are the starlight and the
moonlight the irelisht and the sunlight
OF the people.
The electric car is so swift in its aisht,
so breezy In its tonic motion. so liixu-
rious In its setting. that u makes the
human 's eqnsn fe into osEqrq syspny o G sn
never dreamed OF In early days. The
modern steamers OF iron and steel with
untold comforts and luxuries, make the
old square -rigged ship an ebsurdity, but
when one thinks Of the way IN which, at
the Hoboken docks. hundreds OF lives
were incinerated. before danger uas Gus
pected. who can but say that II Is better
10 go 10 our homes ln safety on the old
time thoro brace stage than into eternity
bv electricity. Better anchor safely In
the haven sought than to be cremated be
fore we weigh anchor. Prosperity ls a
blessing only when Il 10 as safe as II is
swift 7 have walked appalled, through
the mighty plant az Homestead. where
It's silent forees were protected by bayo-
nets against the fierce workmen. whose
striking was not upon the anvil have
also walked through the plant of Mayor
Jones ~ Toledo. which has upon the
ainFk SSsn. Sar. % We roa ,ofs,ns rer nor niet,
ter.
whatsoever We would that men should
do 10 YOU, DO ye even 80 10 them,