The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09

only fragmentary. The Old Testament
chosen people-the Jews. They were the
librarians for the early Christian church.
of God and the promise of a Savior The
Jews brought down their scriptures to the
Jesus a copy of the roll practically as it
is now, as far as the contents of the Old
external form differed widely from. our
present elegant volumes. Their had been
ancient ,ctls Scriptures res until the sixth cen
fury A. D.. when the skins or rolls gave
Of manuscript by illumination electora
became the vogue The AlexandriaIn ian
which was handed to Jesus in the syna-
gogue, and the chief apparent difference
old Testament can be obtained from in
speaks of the Biblos and Teuehos: '.Tben
I said, Lo, come. in the volume of the
we. get the form of the volume or book:
Therefore, all the princes 2i1 sent Jehu ad
the roll wherein thou hast read and
come The roll had many pages evil
leaves before the King became incensed
and cut it in pieces with knife, but fail
the the words We're written, he cast it into
the fire until All the roll y. vas consumed;
roll of a book Ezekiel 2. g: These all
were written in ancient 1 Hebrew which
and Moabite The Ethiopian steward was
reading out of the roll of the prophet
compeiled Philip to approach him There
was originally no division between words
With regard to the New Testament, al
been destroyed, Yet the quotations in the
epistle of Barnabas, supposed to be the
companion of St Paul and Gle Clement lent;
the apostles and Hermas a in
St. Paul's epistle to Romans 1874, and of
of St John-these all make numerous al
lusiong to and quote largely from the
bring us down to the time when church
history is unanimously conceded. Notable
the early English t tranTi en on is
mandments the first part of the statute
law Of England f and GALS Us them rd A Pa
and the Psalms, seemed the favorite
Scriptures Of the the Peoplef Of wvcie
and Tyndale. we come to the book in its
present formosnd looking at ,t it. as ara
which, itself, is a strong reason for it's
constant use in the public schools, I quote
vellous English of the Bible lives on the
ear like a music that can meyer be f or
and the anchor of national seriousness.
Its intrinsic beauty pleads availingly with
passes. into it. All that there, is about
him Of soft. and of gentle, and OF pure
out of his Bible" So it has been with our
foremost men; Garfield revelled in his
their force and eloquence upon its die
ton. style and teachings; Mckinley died
with it's words on his lips.
At the biennial convention of the
Episcopal churches of the United States,
held at San Francisco last month, the
state of Kansas was divided into two
dioceseS, the division to be on the sixth
principal meridian. This left an opening
for another bishop, who will be elected
at the meeting in March or April, when
the bishops residence will also be Sc
lected 1t has been generally conceded
that the bishops residence of the west
ern diocese would be at Salina but
Hutchinson is now in the field, and
making a strong bid for the favor, Of
fering as an argument that it is more
centrally located and has better railroad
facilities. An interesting time is ex-
pected at the spring meeting of bishops,
as Salina has no intention Of giving up
the case and Hutchinson will offer all
kind of inducements. The heads of the
church may ultimately find it expedient
to dissect the state once MORE and give
both the cities bishop. The new bishop
will also be elected in the spring and
gossip says that Canon Bywater of To-
peka may be the man chosen.
The Presbyterian church in the
United States has just inaugurated
great religious movement 1t began
last May with the general assembly
which met in Philadelphia. strong
committee was appointed through whose
Of over million members, is being
aroused, and many indica-
lions are already in evidence that a
great revival will sweep over this
branch of the great household of faith.
The Topeka Presbytery met in Topeka
this week and inaugurated the work
here. The Westminster and Oakland
churches have already begun special
services. The other Presbyterian
churches of the city are making ar
to commence soon- The
First church has secured the services of
Mr.. c. H. Coultes. the singing evange-
list of Chicago. He is to be here and
begin work week from Sabbath. Pre-
paratory to his coming the church will
hold in addition to their regular mid
week services five cottage prayer meet
ings during the week Everybody is
invited to cooperate in these
efforts to revive the cause of righteous
ness and truth. Rev. DR.. Countermine
will be assisted in the preaching SER
vices by Rev. w. H. Kearns, the young
and justly popular young pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Beatrice,
Nebraska.