Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
NECESSITY OF BIBLE
STUDIES EMPHASIZED
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL HAS
RESUMED CLASSES
Rev. William Horace Day Deals with
Their Suitability as Mental
Training for the eeYoung
Of All Ages

Yesterday morning at the First Con-
gregational church the Bible study
work of the year began. Believing thai
every member of the church should be
enrolled in the Bible study department
cards were distributed to the congre-
cation, that each might begin, either in
the Bible school, which meets on Sun
day morning at $3.50 in special classes
in the Christian associations, in the
Bible institute or at home under the
direction of the home department. Mrs.
Georgiana e. Delaney! after year in
DIR. Whites Bible Training school in
New York, and a careful study of the
best methods used in the great eastern
churches. has come to take charge of
this new department. The junior, in
term4diate, senior and adult depart
ments Of the regular school attended
the morning service in a body. The
pastor, Rev. William Horace Day,
preached from the text in the 119th
Psalm, open thou mine eyes that I
may behold wondrous things out of
thy law" speaking on the Bible as the
Book of Books"
"The book of books" he said, s.ls
full of wondrous things, wonderful in
its value to each period of a mans
life and wonderful in it's value to each
period in the history Of the race.
"rhe Bible is wondrous in it's value
for the child. Up to about IL or IL
the child loves a story. Woe to us il
we fail to remember what the little
child needs. For him the book is a
treasure house of beautiful stories.
There are the tales OF the childhood
of the race. The wondrous stories of
Genesis. The stories OF the childhood
of men, of Moses, of Samuel and the
child jesus. When you, fathers and
mothers, hear the we'll known request,
Tell us story turn to your Bible.
This ancient folk lore is like the stories
of other than the Hebrew race, and 1t
arose exactly as theirs did. but it re-
veals God and right beyond all the rest.
Some of you are missing half the fun
of your home life because you are not
helping that little boy or girl to be
hold wondrous things out of Gods law
Study with Children
'Wondrous things for the grammar
school boys and girls. Study the needs
of the years from IL to IA. The boy
is in the heroic age and the girl in the
romantic The Bible has wondrous
treasures for them. Hebrew literature
is filled with the heroic, the chivalric-
Moses, Joshua, Gideon, David, Elijah,
Daniel The New Testament has pic
lures of Peter, John, Paul. Stephen,
and the great figure of the four gos-
pels is Jesus, the greatest of heroes.
This is the strategic hour, 1t is the
great transition. Now is the time to
help. Do you want to be your boys
chum? Would you give anything to
bridge the gulf? The study of the
Bible together will unlock the gates
which divide you from him. If you
two work at the common task you will
dnd wondrous things in Gods law.
"Wondrous things for those of high |
school age. The high school pupils are |
ready to study the prophets as REFORM |
ers; to see them leading in political |
in preparing the people for |
the social perplexities of new condi- |
lions. Now Is the time to learn of the |
leaders OF the apostolic church, and. |
above all, they are ready to study the |
of Christ. For you the liter |
ature of the Bible, rich in history, in |
poetry, in the imaginative, should yield |
wondrous things. Now is the time /
when father and mother need to be
thoughtful Bible students. If you ever
pray now. For the young
people at this age you can do what
las before been impossible. 1t is now
yours for the asking, If you have made
,ourself a capable and Intelligent stu
lent of Gods book. Now is your
,hance to lead them to be committed
o him whom the book reveals.
"Bible school and special classes in
christian associations. the Bible insti-
ute, are instituted that each may be-
lold the wondrous things in the word.
FOR those who cannot belong to these
lasses the home department has been
ounded. Study at home every week.
lake up either the regular lesson or
pecial courses, of which we have
lumber you can use. 1t is our busi- 4
less to be equipped for life with that
yhjch the Bible alone can given