Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-15


accept it.
If you would trace the history of the
material universe, you may have any
theory of evolution or mutation, but
you will come at last to point where
you need and must have the first
words of Genesis: In the beginning
God" If !ou study the history Of ma
tons and would trace them to thei:
origin and early developments, you
cannot do without the Bible If you
would know the history of iurispru-
dence and would be a well-equipped
lawyer or judge, you must study the
Bible, for it contains the foundation
of law and all civilized nations.
Histo y Of Literature.
If you would study the history of
litere ture you must know your Bible,
for hundreds of thousands of volumes
in on gre at libraries were written be-
cause the Bible exists. Theology,
which is the science of God, the great
est science in the world, is unintel-
ligib!e 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 a knowledge Of
the Bible. 1t will be conceded by all
lovers of poetry that among the great
est English-speaking poets are
Shakespeare, Tennyson, Longfellow
and Browning, and knowledge CT
| tie Bible is absolutely essential to an
understanding Of any one CT them.
They TEEN with Biblical illusions
| Milton and much of Byron are sealed
| books to the man ignorant of the
Bible. Indeed, if you would write
| poetry, you cannot become great if
| 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, anS you have blotted the sun out
of our literary SKY.
The History CT Art.
| Would you study the history of art
in sculpture and painting, you must be
acquainted with the Bible, for the
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 if you refuse
to know the Bible, for the scenes and
characters they depicted with brush and
| chisel were Biblical. The paintings OF
Dore, Tissot and Sargent, modern
master artists, cannot be understood
without knowledge OF the B.bic.
The great musicians, whose master
pieces have thrilled the souls OF mil
lions, cannot be interpreted and ap-
preciated without knowledge Of the
Bible. Handel's oratorios of the
Messiah, Esther" Saul" Joshua,
"Jephtha" and Israel in Egypt" all Of
them masterpieces CT musical compo-
sition, cannot be understood without
a knowledge Of the Bible. Mendeis-
sohn's Elijah" and Beethoven's
Mount of Olives" are eaigH2s with
out Biblical knowledge.
History of Education.
If 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
versities were founded By men VINO
read their Bibles and drank from it's
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 schcci-
| HI y he
university.
It's Christ Universal.
He is the Son Of Man" There is
something exceedingly emphatic in
that expression. Sen of Man" writes
Frederick w Robertson; our Master
ia not called the Son OF Mary, bat as
If the blood Of the whole human race
were in lis veins He calls himself
the Son CT Man. He WIS not the
Asiatic. He was not the European.
He was not the Jew. He was net
the type of that century stamped with
| its peculiarities. He was not the
! mechanic He was not the aTistocTat.
| But he was the MAJ" No one could
mistake Mohamned fer such a Son
of Man" He was a son Of Arabia,
and nothing more. The Koran IS,
therefore, a secta.ian bool:, and DO
hammedarism is cruelty secta-ian.
! | Buddha was son of India, and moth
| Ing more 70 one could mistake him
| for Sen of man" HIS writings are,
| therefore, secta-ian. They are not
| ADAPTED TO the occidental mind Con.
, | fucius was a son of China, and ncth.
: ing more His writings are therefore
) | scctarian in their national narrowness
| | Zorcaster was Just son CT Persia,
Only Christ is the universal Kan