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los Holy Family II Paris. Muriilois
Assumption Of the virgin;- IN Ans-
rerp. Reuben's Descent from the
Cross. IN Florence. The Madonna
Dc IA sedia. in Venice. Titaris As
sumption Of TIE Virgin IN Milan
J@ozArco's Last supper: in Berlin.
Guicos Eeoe Homo. In Rome. The
Crucshxion. aud in Madrid. TIE As
oension by Raphael: in Dresden the
crown Of al the worlds ar. The Sis
tine Msdonna
TIE Influence Of the BibBe is equally
felt IN the realm OF poetry as Illus
t-atee n Dante's VISION Terny-
sons Holy Grail. Brovniag.
Christmas Eve. Easter Day.
Death in the Desert whittie-s
Our Master
In the realm OF music. the Influence
OF the Bible 10 seea IN such o~r1to-sos
as Elijah and Paul By Mendelssohn:
The Messiah By Handel: The Gre
alton By Haydn. Our National hyrn
America was written BY a Clergy
nan
Literature also has felt the in1ue,oe
Of The Bible In a very real =ense Ger
many nav b called TIE home o, II.
Bible. and Germany Is the land %
books and learning Il Is claimed that
over 100000 books left TIE German
press last year. !; has b-~n SAID that
Ireland. which In a sense has ben &c
p1vec o. the Bible. 10 not a land q.
literature Indeed. Il has been claim
I'd By one that there are town. o,
moderate sire IN ireland IL Which a
book store cannot Be found Rusr-s
beautiful gardens would b b-- bar
re1 deserts ve-e Il not for he towers
tskez from The Bible MIlro-'s Para
disc Lost l. nothing bot tie Biele /,
blank verse Bunyan in bis Pilgrim
Progress sz~ practically no,hIrr that
the Apostle John had not sea IL tie
Book Of Revelztion. Shakespeare
works would Be very eager II
stripped Of all their scripture quota
ions and references Il 4. claimed
that Carlyle Is but a spiritual cistor-
ton o. the Prophet EIekiel
When ve turn 10 the realm os vor
ais. The influence Of tie Bible stands
out in even stronger relief. A moral
geography Of the world could b made
BY considering the countries that have
the Bible and those that do O VIVA,
makes Edinburgh better than Constan-
unople: Toronto better than Paris:
Massachusetts, better than Mexico,
Mexico vas colonised . whole cen
tury before Massachusetts,. Ye, look
al the moral and intellectual contrast
between Massachusetts and Mexico
What better testimony can we have
to the influence OF the Bible than Is
found In these comparisons and con-
trasts. What IL the difference between
the Pilgrim fathers Who came 10 this
country TO build u and many Of the
present snixrants Who come 70 puIl
down the institutions which are pre-
ious TO Us, Does rot the difference
lie IN this-that those Pilgrims came
with the Bible In their hands and the
fear Of God in their hearts. While
large number Of the emigrants OF TO-
day come with neither Of these bless
inzs, Say What ne viii Axzins, th@
blue laws Of PuritAnisn. they are 10
be much preferred 10 the vide oo>n
continental sabbath and the anarcht
cal spirit that o often chAr1cserf,e
The emigration Of today.
Some figures viii be interesting and
Instructive IN this connection. In
England. 4 Bible land. there vas 1
murder to every $4,000 Inhabitants:
In Holland. a Bible land. l to every
10000, in Austria. a land which IL
half and half Bible. / TO every 5000:
in Spain . land Of no Bible. 1 TO ey.
cry t.1i4: in Naples. a land of M
Bible. ! to every 2.750; and in Rome
the city OF no Bible. ! TO ever $50.
Further. in speaking Of the in.
nuenee OF the Bible in the realm Of
morals. IT Is claimed that in London
a Bible city. 4 births out Of eyeu 100
we're Legitimate: in Paris. where III.
Bible Is seldom read. 4s out of everv
100; IN Vienna. where there In prae.
o@SNs A0E every lW legleE
mate births. lis we're inexitfmats. and
IN Rome. where the Bible is practical
iy a forbidden book. for every loo Ie1.
innate births there we're 24s illexttt.
mate.
Yet In spite Of these facts son.
men today are trying - get nd O,
he Bible Should We not count thar
man . traitor to bis God and to his
country Who would destroy the Bible,
Further. M shall We say IL I'm
oated breath. that this In the book !.
state Of Illinois has banished FINN q.
public schools Al . nation We .honIs
never forget that the secret Of opr
national dignity and greatness come.
from rhe Bible II will be a xad a.x
indeed for this nation. and The b.
ginning OF the decay OF her rsatnes.
IL the other states Of the Union shouIs
follow the example OF Illinois. Th.,
We a. better write Ichabod upon TIE
ooor Of our Capitol At Washington for
God viii have left u and our x,ou
viii have departed