The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-08
BY william t. Ellis.

The tourist who visits Bethlehem win
be shown the cave. under the same root
as the grotto In which the Saviour was
born, where Jerome translated the bible
into the Nuigate. He wanted to get as
close as possible to the Life in rendering
the Book. The gospel takes its rise in the
birth of Christ. There is significance in
this incident of the ancient saint and
scholar, who made the translation of the
bible into Latin which endures to this
day, getting near to the rnanger for his
labors. The best bible work is that which
keeps closest to Christ.
Approximately 800 languages and dia-
iects nave had the bible translated into
their speech There Is no Important ma
ton on earth today which may not read
the Word of God in its native tongue.
Many peoples have been given the bible as
their hrst literature: they had no written
speech until the bible translators. with in
finite pains, reduced their tongue to paper.
The greatest literary achievement In hu-
MAJ annals has been the giving of the
bible to the whole mankind, in the speech
to which each nation wa born. This has
also been the greatest single work of mis-
sions.
Whenever I make any decision I ask
myself what the bible would teach me to
do in that particular case. 1t is to me a
fountain from which 1 draw light and
strength, and In hours of sorrow and de-
preston I seek consolation therein.-Em-
peror William OF Germany.
The man bearing the Book to a nom
Christian land is more potent than the
man leading an army or a fleet of war
ships. For the bible subdues characters,
the military or naval force mere
~ overcomes territory and outward ac-
tons. More revolutions have been
wrought by the bible than by g~unpowder.
Martin Luther used to teach his chill
dren to read the bible In the following
way: First. read through one book care
fully. then study chapter by chapter. and
then verse by verse, and lastly word by
word. for he said: 1T is like a person
shaking a fruit tree. First shaking the
tree and gathering up the fruit which falls
to the ground, n then shaking each
branch. and afterwards each twig of the
branch. and last OF all, looking carefully
under each leaf to see that no fruit re-
mains. In this way, and In no other, shall.
we also find the hidden treasures that are
Iii the bible"
The charge has sometimes been made
against Christians that they use the bible
as an Idol. They set 1t up at fetch. in
stead of handling Alright the wore of.
truth. The wise words OF Miles Coyerdale
in the prefaeS to his English bible OF 1885
are still applicable: 1T shall greatly heir
thee to understand scripture, II thou marx
not only waat is spoken or written, but
OF whom, and unto whom, With what
words, or at what time. where to. what
Intent, with what circumstances consider
Ing what goeth before n what follow
eth
The existence OF the bible as q book FOR
the people Is the greatest benefit which
the human race has ever experienced.
Every attempt to belittle Ii is a crime
against Observation-Disclosures Kant,
The bible has been the Magma Charta of
the poor and OF the oppressed; the bible il
the most democratic book In the worid
ByaIthe study OF what other book conId
children be so much ~humanized? / have
been seriously preplexed to know BY what
means the religious feeling In mankind.
which is the essential basis of conduct, is
to be kept up without the use OF the bible.
Thomas Huxley.
The period Ut the Reformation wal q
Judgment day for Europe. when an the
nations were presented with an open bible
and all emancipation OF heart and Intellect
which anaopen bible involvess-Thomas
The bible thoroughly understood Is ia Mt
eratpre OF itself.-th rarest and richest in
all departments OF thought OF imaeinu-
uon.-Richard X. Froude.
Anybody who is interested III helping
people ~ understand the bible II pa