Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1913-10-23
LYNCH, NEBRASKA

| again write to the dear friends and
Herald readers. We enjoy reading
the Herald so much and the Interna.
tional Sunday School lessons are OF
much interest to us. / am glad that a
precious Bible was selected for Mr.
Wirt's birthday present.
The Bible is the torch of civilization
and liberty Its influence for good in
society has been recognized by the
greatest statesmen, even though they
for the most part have rocked at it
through the various glasses of con-
flicting creeds, which, while uphOlding
the Bible grievously misrepresent its
teachings The grand old book is un-
sented by it's friends, many OF whom
would lay down their life in its be-
half; and yet they do it more vital in
jury than it's foes by claiming it's
support to their long-revered miscOn-
ceptions of it's truths, received through
the traditions of their fathers. Would
that such would awake, re-examine
their oracle, and put to confusion its
enemies by disarming them of their
weap ms.
Since the light of nature leads us to
expect a fuller revelation of God than
that which nature supplies, the rea-
sonable, thinking mind will be pre-
pared to examine the claims of any
thing purporting to be divine revela-
tiOn, which bears reasonable surface
evidence cf the truthfulness of such
claims
The Bible claims to be such a revela-
tion from God, and it dies come to us
with sufficient surface evidence as to
the probable correctness of it claims.
and gives us a reasonable hope that
closer investigation will disclose more
complete and positive evidence that it
is indeed the Word of God.
The Bible is the oldest book in ex-
istence; it has outlived tne storms OF
thirty centuries. Men have endeav-
ored by every means possible to ban
ish it from the face of the earth; they
have hidden 1t, buried it, made it
crime punishable with death to have
it in possession, and the most bitter
and relentless prosecutions have been
waged against those who had faith in
it; but still the book lives. Today,
while many of its foes slumber in
death and hundreds of voiumes wrl.-
tenstoi discredit it and to overthrow
it's influence, are long since forgotten,
the Bible has found it's way into every
nation and language of earth, over 200
of it have been made.
The fact that this book has survived
SO many centuries, Notwithstanding
such unparalleled efforts to Danish and
destroy ii, is at least, strong circum-
stantial evidence that the great Being
whom it claims as it's author has also
been it's preserver.
1t is also true that the moral influ
ence of the Bible is uniformly good
Those who become carerul students
IF it's pages are invariably elevated TO
/ purer life. Other writings upon re-
igion and the various sciences have
lone good and have ennobled and
blessed mankind, to some extent; but
Ill other books combined have failed
70 bring the joy, peace and blessing
70 the groainig creation that the Bible
has brought to both the rich and the |
poor, to the learned and the unlearned
The Bible is not book to be read
merely; it is book to be studied |
with care and thought; for Gods
thoughts are CHER than our thoughts, |
ind his ways than our ways. And ir
We would comprehend the plan and
thoughts of the infinite God, we must
bend all our energies to that important
work. The richest treasures of truth |
10 not always lie on the surface.
Mr.. Writ, do you read the Tower? |
I do not have thata pleasure
God be. with you till we meet again.
Lola Lee West
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