The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-15
Y. M. C. A. MASS MEETING
BY RET. GEORGE #,
Hale OF CHICAGO.

House-A Fine Musical Programme
DIR. Hall Pointed Out the Value o
Bible study.
DR.. George r. Hall, Of Chicago, who
is here under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian association, spoke sew
eral times yesterday and his last ad.
dress will be given at the Dwight Place
church this evening. At 1920 yesterday
he occupied the, pulpit at the First M
e. church and addressed womens
meeting at the same place in the after
noon at o'clock.
A large number of men assembled at
the Grand opera house for the regular
Sunday association meeting, where the
usual programme of music by the or
chestra and quartette preceded the ad-
dress. Harry Mozealous, the blind mu-
s,cian, who sang at the meeting for
women also sang at the opera house,
his selection being There Is a Land of
Pure Delight"
In his Introductory remarks Dr.. Hall
said: II am glad to be in New Haven
because you know so much here and 1t
will be easy for me to sepak. con-
graduate you because you have these
enthusiastic mems meetings I con-
graduate you on having such a secre-
tary as Mr.. Lotze. The first time I
met him was In large mems meeting
in Denver and many times since then
in many places l have poitned to Mr..
Lotze as one Of the best secretaries in
the country"
The subject of his address was 1.-THE
Greatest Book in the World" He said
in part: The book am to speak about
this afternoon is not history written
by one man though there have been
many good books written. I remember
a book i studied in seminary was one
written by one Of your men of Yale
"Fisher's Church History one of the
best books Of its kind ever written.
The book I wieh to speak of Is the
Oldest, most influential and wonderful
book in the world and l need not tell
you that it is the Bible Although 1t is
such g wonderful book it Is the most
abused book because 1t Is so misunder-
stood. l Do not usually take a text but
I want to call your attention to a pass
age of Scripture In Second Timothy
2:15: Study to show myself approved
unto God workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the
word Of Truth" The majority Of Gods
workmen are bungling workmen be-
cause of their misinterpretation Of the
Why can prove any creed
under the shining sun xby using the
Bible as some use 1t. BY looking
glasses of prejudice lean prove
the creeds of splritualism, Universal
ism, Dowieism, Methodism or any other
ism
BY twisting some of the sentences of
Paul one can f1nd authority for doing
evil, by using the Bible as some do it
would be an easy matter to justify sui
eide. Just turn to. one passage in Mat
thew Judas went and hanged himself
then turn over a few leaves and read
go thou and do likewise" Why not
treat the Bible as we treat other books.
Take for example the history Of Ameri-
"a 1t divides itself naturally into Pc
RODS Let the Bible divide itself nat
irally and we have theSOld Testament
Or Covenant-and the New Covenant.
Each of these are divided. The speaker
hen called attention to chart con-
aiming the various divisions of the BIZ
Die, the cross separating the Old and
New Testament-and showed that the
BOOKS contained the finest literature In
III departments of that art; that all
hat science had found by investigation
the origin of the world was
summed up in the first line Of Genesis
In the beginning God created the
and the earth"
The Bible and science always har-
nonize. I'VE must not read into the
Bible meanings that do not belong
here" said the doctor. We do not have
O believe that God made the world in
TX days. Epoch" should be used in
tead Of day" Never fear that the
Bible is an out of date book as Inger-
oil would have us believe. We are not
cry far ahead of the laws that Moses
ave. 1t would be we'll for us in many
Ways to go back to these laws for ad
ice. The speaker then read several
uotations from eminent men. These
uotations were collected by Mr. Hall
,ithin the past ten years and were very
hoice. Among those read were the fol-
swing: "There is book worth all
Their books ever written. Patrick
Ienry.
Pointing to the family Bible on the !
tand during his last illness Andrew |
ackson said to his friend: THAT book,
II. is the rock upon which our republic |
ssts." /
II know that the Bible is inspired, be-
nuse it finds me al a greater depth of |
~ being than any other book
oleridge.
II have read the Bible morning, noon !
nd night and have ever since been |
appier and better for such reading
Edmund Burke.
"The Bible is the best book in the
orld. 1t contains more of my little
hilosophy than all the libraries I have
YER eeen."-John Adams.
1.-THE Bible is equally adapted to the
ants and infirmities of every human
aing. No other book ever addressed IT.
If so authoritatively and so pathetic
ly to the Judgment and moral sense of
"--Chancellor James Kent.
"Without the Bible, existence becomes
; all curses the greatest.-Payson.
Upon two foundations, the law of
ature and the law of revelation, de-
and ali human laWs"-Sir William |