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pr aAA NnAil trace ne history OF the
material universe. you may have any
theory - evolution or mutation. but
gpu slM come al last 70 a point where
yog need and must have the first
words Of Genesis Ia the beginning
God. !; you study the history Of ma
tons and would trace them to thei-
origin and early Developments. you
cannot do without the Bible. n you
would know the history % iurispru-
e>nce and would be a well-eqgipped
l1Tyer or Judge. you must study the
Bible. for Il contains the foundation
o. law and all civilized nations.
History Of Literature.
II you would study the history OF
literature YOU must know your Bible.
for hundreds Of thousands of volumes
In our great libraries were written be-
cause the Bible exists. Theology.
which Is the science OF God, the great
est science in the world. il unintel-
lisible without the Bible; and arch
aeology. that fascinating science.
which with pick and shovel has I'M
earthed the buried treasures OF Egypt
and Assyria. is inexplicable without
the Bible. The poets corner cannot
be appreciated without knowledge OF
the Bible II will be conceded by all
lovers of poetry that among the great
est English-speaking poets are
Shakespeare. Tennyson, Longfellow
and Browning. and a knowledge Of
the Bible is absolutely essential to an
understanding of any one Of them.
They TEEN with Biblical illusions.
Milton and much Of Byron are sealed
books 30 the man ignorant OF the
Bible. Indeed. II you would write
poetry. you cannot become great IL
you ignore the great thoughts about
God, eternity. life. love and immortal
ity which the Bible contains. Take
out of English literature the classic
books that demand a knowledge OF
the Bible for their proper apprecia-
ton. and you have blotted the sun out
OF our literary sky.
The History Of Art.
Would you study the history Of art
in sculpture and painting. you must b.
best paintings OF the old masters
and the finest statuary were inspired
for the most part by scenes and ideals
drawn from the Bible. You must re-
main ignorant OF the genius OF Raph-
ael and Michelangelo IL you refuse
to know the Bible. for the scenes and
characters they depicted with brush and
r Eaf
Dore. TissOt and Sargent. modern
master artists. cannot be understood
without a knowledge OF the Bible.
The great musicians. whose master
pieces have thrilled the souls of mil
lions, cannot be interpreted and az
pTeciated without a knowledge of the
Bible. Handlers oratorios Of the
Messiah. Esther" Saul. Joshua"
Jephtha' and Israel in Egypt" all of
them masterpieces of musical compo-
sition, cannot be understood without
a knowledge of the Bible. Mendels.
sohn's Elijah" and Beethoven's
Msunt of Olives are enigmas with
out Biblical knowledge.
History Of. Education.
II YOU would know the his,
tory OF education. from the little
country schoolhouse to the great
university. you cannot ignore the
Bible. for these schools and uni
yersities were founded by men who
read their Bibles and drank from its
pages the love of knowledge as well as
OF virtue and religion The Pilgrims
and Puritans' OF New England built
first the church and then the school
house Next came the college and the
university. The great universities of
the world were founded and fostered
by men whom the Bible inspired with
The love of learning and made self
sacrificing enough to provide for the
higher education Of the future genera
ttons- The Bible in the hand and
heart Of the missionary has reyoIl,-
nonized the educational systems Of
China and Japan. while IL has trans.
formed cannihaI tribes into civilized
communities. Charles Darwin frank.
ly confessed that ii had done for the
Tierre del Fuegians what he thought
vas impossible. The study of great
modern movements which have eman.
eipated the human mind and given to
millions civil and religious liberty
compels US to take into account the
Bible as the mightiest factor in bring.
ing about these results.
He is the Son q Man" There is
something exceedingly emphatic In
that expression. Son of Man" writes
Frederick W. Robertson; "our Master
is not called the Son OF Mary. but az
II the blood of the whole human race
were in his veins. He calls himself
the Son of Man. He was not the
Asiatic- He was not the European.
He was not the Jew. He was not
the type Of that century stamped with
Its peculiarities. He was not the
mechanic. He was not the aristocrat
But he was the man" No one couJa
mistake Mohammed for such a "Son
OF Man He was a son OF Arabia
and nothing more. The Koran ia
therefore. sectarian book, and Mo-
hammedanism is cruelty sectarian
Buddha was son of India. and moth
ing more. No one could mistake him
for Son OF man" His writings arr
therefore, sectarian- They are not
adapted TO the occidental mind. Con
fucius was son Of China, and moth
ing more His writings are therefore
sectarian in their national narrowness
Zoroaster was Just a son OF Persia
Only Christ is the universal Man ard
to know the book that reveals him
Is TO be educated and cultured on the
broad basis of universal love and
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