The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-16

He WIN make as noble enough 20 help
our brothers and ourselves.
But WHO is keeping the Bible out VI
our Public schools Bring ior'p ias
Enemy and sand him III the iun light
pt aa mpsfiiied nation and ask him
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thin 4 confused NUT answer tcr
Ithis mons tFols crime and bold deus
epce u me living God That answer
translated Is about thts a.
eeAs denomination Al cannot agree
lupon what We silall teach 70 the Bible
and SO We viii not any o.ts
Ipreisrring to take chance and 50 to /
meet the God Of The Bib q trusting e
uncoyenanted mercy
/ Draw near and lets LAY bare these
words and sound their depths What
Is back OF them? In the first place,
lars5the8 true IN hypothesis Do We
mot do, and must we not live by doing,
many things we disagree upon2 We.
dolnof agree as to the cut Of clothes
but do we not wear clothes? We
arenot at lloneas to styles Of hous-
es to live in. Mustge. ergo, live outs
! doovs2 we do! not agree as to the
best Kinds Of bread=get do we not
eat bread? Why3ltis an.insult oour
Intelligence and manhood to parade
such a childish excuse as this in an
issue so vital.
Cod will assuredly not accept this
as valid for positive defiance and.
stubborn disobedience against His
most clear command ito teach the,
Word. But come nearer and look clos.
er,lwhat do you see?
We have reported S2,SSS,6SS reli.
glOus people IN these United, States.
d There are II, las, 455 Romantsts. Then
come the Jews We are supposed to
have 21,O40,2Os Protestants, who be.
leye in teaching the Bible. But for
fear some teachers may teach man
made creedsp while teaching Gods
Word, we submit: 10 putting the whole
thing out and forbidding the teach,
ling OF any Of "he Book, the Great
!. Science Of Eter.al Life AMI Ewing
Tile only cha4lc ,rmakins tolIlue in
all our libraries The Book that is
worth ten tlonsald times oySy ~
the other books in the world. The
Text Book Of all the Angels in Heay-
en- and Saints in glory. The one Book,
that Jesus Christ left the Throne Of
Glory and came to do and to teach:
What do we mean? Why, within the
last year two Governors Of Provinces
in China ordered that a New Tesla;
sment be placed in the hands Of every
! school child in their provinces Of CO.:
: 100000 souls, one Of them saying 7
l. g. ~ IL Ia
am not Christian, but ] notice that
the power which the Eastern Nations
1Ehaye seems TO come from the Book
they call the Bible, and want that
power in my people" The very heath.
en- rise up and rebuke US. Upon the
@Imperial Guard of Japan being or
dered out to go war with China,
Its commander made a requisition for
10000 New Testaments. saying: This
is the best body Of men in the world,
and want the best Book in the world
to 90 in the side pocket ofseach one Of
them.
brother Christian; what are we so.
ing to do about this? Whatever may
be your Church or Creed, We must get
together and stand to have the char
acier of God taught to the minds Of
our children that the life Of God may
life our living, and g1orisy our land
here,and them hereafter with US, This
is no mere matter Of taste, but one
Of life and death. obeying God, or for
fear Of man opposing him. We count
Herod cruel and infamous, because he
slew some salt dozen children In the
I village Of Bethlehem. What shall we
say, and what must the spirits Of all
the "loyal hearted and true" with God,
think Of us, If we allow the Word Of
God to be kept from the hungry souls
Of our q. 100000 ofchildren until those
souls are lost from It's light and dead
for want of its love and saving pow:
er? What must God think Of S2,O0,t
900 Of people calling themselves 1.-THE
People of God" and vet starving the:s
own children for want Of the Word Of
God? What do all Of our loud profess
slous amount to Il after all, we refuse
to feed Gods lambs with the milk Of
the word?" If the Church OF Rome
does not like the Bible given to the