The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-07
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The 4BiHL Els STORY

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Editor West Ylrgtntan
Ny name Is Bible. II Is la Greek
name. ana In Greek means the same
as The Book in English 4 am Il
child of God my infancy was in the
tlays4of Moses. but God made me grow
and grow; until in the days OF Paul
and John I became fully grown. ] have
passed through many hands and APP
peared in many different forms be.
fore / came to be put together as YOU
see me now. Men have tried to de-
stroy; me by, burning all the copies
they could find, but still i have 1ived
through more than thirty centuries. J.
4 In my childtood-O,d Testament
tlays-T spoke in i ehrew. Seventy.
wise men are saidato have translated
my Old Testament sa,sngs from the
Hebrew language into the Greek. This
was two hundred and eighty years be.
fore Christ came to earth. 4.
In my early manhood Greek WINS my
language. The Gospels We're written
in reek. the EpistlesEof Pauls and 9TH.
or apostles .(afterwarls gathered to
gether and arranged fas the New Tes-.
tament) were all ;inrG reek i
About four hundred years after
Christ the aged Saint aChrysostom
gave&me my name of-"Bitle." until.
thensI was spoken Eof Us Scriptures"
But many of the people could notfre
Hebrew and Greek. SO Jerome lin the
fourth century 2tookHme and translat:i
ed me into the Latin tongue. About
the syear 1880. Wy cllffc. the reformer,
changed my dress into an English one.
Then Tynlnle, in theasixteenth cen
fury. brought out another translation.
His dying prayer. lord. open the
King of England's eyes!H was answer.
ed when King James directed the
Of waht iskl.own ms the
Version.
In order that the Gospel Of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ might he
more clearly and more freshly set
forth to the present day readers of.
committees we're appotntetli
both in England and America lin 1870
to Put me into new dress. In 1881 /
my Slew Testament dress was COM
pleted. So anxious were people to Sc
me In my new garment thatiI was dis
played in many lea,ling daily papers
I
before / could be gotten out in book
form: In 1885 my Old Testament say.
ings appeared In hte -nt,'M dress. The
committee had an agreement
with Sthe American committee, that 4
should not come out in my American
dress until
Now / stand before. yo;, ID the best
I ever had an1 ask you to
come and learn Of Jesus. II you will!
do SO I will be the royal path Of life
to you. / Will be the golden censor
in the house of your soul. l will FUR
nisi you with a !afvine iced by which
to measure your Worship I Will pre-
sent you with n divine compass with
which sail over the sell of life.
5But to tell my full story would re.
luire many volumes instead of a brief
article. The pastor OF the
Central Christian Church OF Fnirmont
has arranged to tell my story by sec
lions on each Sunday morning at $3.50
o'clock for the next eight months. be;
ginning 81 next Sunday morning.
Mr.. Grlsso wants a large class OF
men, to whom he is anxious tc tell in
D systematic way all of the most in
features in my story. He
calls the class OF men TO which my
story will be given tn International
Bible Class. preachers, church mem
bers and non.church members all be-
ing made OF the same clay, are broth
ers. III you are not q chuc1l member.
you will not be embarrassed by being 1
nsked to stand or lift ytur hand or
vote in any public way s;r church at
fairs. Mr.t Grisso believes that when
you know my story just as 1T is you
will do the right thing with 1t. He Just
wants men to get thoroughly sacquaint7
ed with me. because he knows that
hold the real secret to success and
happiness. Come and h"ar the intro
iluction OF my story rext Sunday
morning.
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