Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-05
THE BIBLE IN A NEWSPAPER.

ana the very INC VI NV "N
run RIFLE IN a NEWSPAPER
A newspaper enterprise that may be
chilled unique IS that Of the Assump'
ton, Ill., independent whose publish
ers have conceived the idea OF publish
Ing the Bible as a serial in the paper
They hope, in this way 10 awaken an
interest In Bible reading They argue
,hat many people who have Bibles new
or take time TO open them and scan
the contents while others do not even
possess copy Of he volume Many OF
these. Il Is thought, would read the
Bible. Il It were presented to them IN
brief lnstallments IN Their newspaper
The editor further argues;
"The Bible. considered from a stand
point wholly foreign to moral sehu,
ment. Is a liberal education II read and
studied conscientously-or with per-
severance, " you prefer Then why not
serve 1t to them In modest courses once
week-time enough between IN whlen
10 digest the contenls2 And why not
begin at the beginning Does one THOR
oughly understand a question d pin'
cple. piece Of mechanism until ne mas
gone 10 the bottom OF It and WORKED
up, step by step every detail I'M
pressed upon his mind, until the VINO.
Is part Of hlmself2 For example
compare the man who Is considered 70
use common expression, Well'ln-
formed. with the college-bred inah,
Not In the light Of individual merit ana
worth. understand me, but 40 thols
oughness and c0mprehenslveness Ohe
has bits OF knowledge. gathered IRON!
many sources good and subsiantlal o,
its Kind but disconnected Iumbled ana
incomplete. The college man or lne
college education typifes the system
beginning at the beginning J peheVe
the Bible as o serial In my paper WIN
provo az interesting and entertaining
10 nv readers as any ncton couu
uyp. While ! do not by that statement
iinply that my readers are more IN tne
ARK on the Bible than other secunhs,
or that am making g strenuous eH,r'
ia BRING i colony Of heather lNto ne
lrht Believe the majority OF nose
Whn believe they have read ne book
will find something new and OF interest
in each lns'qlmen Of the story Thcre
are, aside from those who are or cam
TO he bible students. y large clasS OF
readers newspaper and Teton reauers
who are Indifferent 10 the blpie'
some who condemn II without so much
as a trial. TO this class the Bible, an
equal associate Of the good, BAD ana
| ind neront OF general newspaper mat
| lei. will take on another compiexlon-
become sufficiently worldly, as II were
10 attract them. We shall see, aitel
the first rumber, whether or not l nave
| figured correctly To be sure. there y
no criterion. To the best OF my KNOW.
edge the INDEPENDENT VIII be the mrs,
! newspaper in the history OF the Worlo
TO attempt the work and respectful
stand aside policy on the part OF my
brother IN the profession VIII De pc
coming. at least, until the result Is as
cernible.'
The idea Of the editor Of the hide
pendent seems to be to give his read
ers a newspaper feature which In Euro
rem newsnaperdom ls known as the
feuilleton." but to substitute sacred
reading for the light and often de-
moralizing fiction OF which the feuille
ton nearly always consists American
rewsnapsrs have not taken kindly L
that idea, Tor the simple reason tina
they give prominence TO news and no
70 that Mind Of readlng
The feuilleton Is French Invention
as the name implies, II came into ex
Istfncc during a period when the gov
eminent prohibited the press from
,meddllng In politics" To eyade thl
government order the editor OF tn
Journal des Debats invented the feullle
ton, In which he commented on the 20
litIcal affairs Of the day under the guis
II dramatic and musical criticism.
criticism Of a thy OF Voltaire was, TO
instance, in reality an attack on tn
Revolution. When the press again OBJ
tanned liberty ouch yelled attacks wer
no longer needed, but the feuilleton ha
become popular, and remained, but
was changed in character.
American newspapers have but latel
commenced to adopt the idea of print
ing serials, but whether the Bible
adapted for the serial purpose, remain
10 be seen. There might be some eS
euse. perhaps, for printing a scholarl
translation Of the Bible, but the Az
thorlzed version is accessible to every
one who takes any interest In It, an
It's presentation as a newspaper serl'
would seem TO De entirely superhuot
IN this country
Reef extract Is good but beef con
E bne IS bad.
, The weather Is hot enough to melt q
solid south
In politics when mans seat Is wan