The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-26
.LAMENTS ABUSE IF TIE SABBATH DAY James Bowron Talks at the Highland Presbyterian SHOULD STUDY BIBLE States Hurly Burly of Business and Rush After Money and Amuse-
 ment Is World Co.,
 ing Mad
 
SHOULD STUDY BIBLE

At the South Highland Presbyterian church yesterday morning James Bow ron of the Southern Iron & Steel com pany conducted the services in the ab- sence of the pastor. the Rev. Dr. Punk cit, and during the service gave an en- l Tightening talk on the Bible and its 1 meanings. quoting from the Holy Book continually in reference to the evils of the present day and bringing forth facts from the Bible to show that these evils were known in Biblical times. Mr Bow l ron said in part as follows:
 T refer, when speaking of prayer, to | the regret with which I noticed some of the delegates of the Federation of Cath ollie societies at their convention held the past week in Indianapolis, Ind, in denot- ing their opposition to the reading of the Scriptures In public schools. l cannot pretend to understand such state of mind. As the words of Deuteronomy | 6-6, and these words, which I command thee this day shall be upon thy heart' I CT, and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children
 l "1 do not know of more solid founda- ton upon which good character can be built than by reading and teaching the scriptures unto the children. It would be well If every member of this church should feel his whole earthly responsi- bility by studiously reading his Bible. 1 There is so much to be gotten from this good book that you should attend our l Bible class every Sunday morning to | better understand the great worldly I truths of this immortal volume. The l scriptures should be an open book. read every day In the family. I practice what l preach, for I read my Bible every day without fail 1 would that every one should Head the scriptures until it be- came the most familiar book in every home. Then we would have enlighten- ment in every home on the true religion and liberty and happiness would be our | reward in our every day life.
 "A few evenings past at my residence 1 ] listened with great deal of pleasure 1 to the reproduced voices of Caruso and Madame Schuman- Heink on my Vetrola and the thought occurred of what won drous thing it would have been to have been able to reproduce the voice of Jesus l Christ, preaching the sermon on the | mountain, where he said: Heaven and earth shall pass away To our very I great misfortune we have no conception Of the voice of Jesus, We have only his words, his teachings In this book, the l Holy Bible.
 Even if the graphophone did not exist | in Biblical times to reproduce the mas 1 terpieoes the gems of thoughts in the voice of Jesus-we have record of men who heard him. Peter and James were both there at the transfguration and listened to the voice of the Savior thund- | ering forth the great truths which have | fIt1a 10 fatfa Htta Their writings on the Lord Jesus show us a great many things contained in the | word of God.
 And on this day, as we were say | Ing this morning in our Sunday school, I there is great deal of conflict and a great deal of turmoil in business, among I the workers and in politics. The proverb of give to every one his due Is being 1 terribly abused in all walks of life | and spirit of unrest pervades through l out the world 1t also seems spirit I of unfairness exists among the so- called leaders of men. In the different books in the Bible all this strife for 1 the ultimate mastery Is predicted and | condemned and if the reading of the planes of life the deep problems which confront the nations of the world would l be solved far more easily
 "rhe lack of proper understanding ol Biblical laws, and lack of reading thenl | proper study. and belief is mainly ths | cause for most of the strenuous life oi the twentieth century with all it's lael
 of observance of the Sabbath day. Now
 adays life Is a constant rush. In thu day mixed In the turmoil of the busi ness world and in the evening fiutterint like moths 10 the gay lights. On thu l Sabbath there is always something tt interfere with the proper observance oi I the church duties. This laxity in ob I serving the laws of your health, tn, laws of the church and the common law
 of all humanity is bound to reap som, dire retributiop. This mad tumble ani I hurly-burly of rush and bustle of un
 certain hours of business, conducted ir uncertain ways resulting in tho oppres. sion of the many. the wild rush to tn, fount of pleasure instead of to church | is a world going mad and never needing the rumble of the drums Of the army | of the Lord.
 "For universal righteousness rests or tthe individual character. and individual character. in the long run, is dependent on the vital belief in the Holy Bible and tn proper observance of the Sabbath day Continuous life depends on continuous principles Belief. in the most vital sense
 of the words, is the act of tho will; thai is. of the whole personality by which
 with all the strength of the heart ant | mind and soul, fact is grasped ant made part of the very life and bein.
 of the believer. Such a belief creates
 a mans character for it gives him unt'
 and stability and depth of purpose, ane Il by the proper observance of the Sab
 bath with its requirements of rest anc
 religious communion and intelligent read
 ings of the Bible, the sins of iniauit' will disappear and the smile of goof
 health, in the belief of religious living
 will bring happiness to the homes of th
 believers.
 l T have lived in this day and I hav'
 seen my business colleagues go to tn
 Master, one by one. and feel that l ow
 ny present good health, my position il
 the community to the fact thu l haYi never been too busy to seek proper res
 on the Sabbath day and to commune il my humble way with God in the sanctit.
 of our church.