Evening star., 1914-11-27
Must AssimiIate Teachings to
Be Real Leaders, Says
DR.. 6. A. J. Ross.
SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTION
IN SCHOOLS ADVOCATED
Worlds Bible Conference Will Close
Tonight With Address by
DR.. J. H. Jowett.

'Only when the leaders of America
sssimilate the teachings of the Bible
will they be able to be the leaders of
the nation which is to guard liberty
and bring peace TO the suffering world,
rs I firmly believe this nation Is des-
tined to do"
With these words Rev. DR.. G. A
Johnson Ross of Union Theological
Seminery. New York. ended an address
delivered this morning at the worlds
Bible conference at the First Congrega-
tfonal Church in which he pointed out
not only the necessity for the teach
ing OF the Bible in the public schools
of the nation, but the study of the
Scriptures by every public man. To-
day Is the last day of the conference,
which has been attended by prominent
citizens and clergymen of the city, in
Guiding Secretary Bryan, who spoke
last night.
We should be appalled, at the igno-
rance which public men show of the
Bible, declared DR.. Ross, speaking on
the value Of the study of the Scriptures
NO man can consider himself edu-
Gated man. a man fit to. be a leader in
America, If he is ignorant of the les
sons of the past. of the worlds best
poetry and of the worlds philosophy
exactly what classic literature is lack
ing the Bible is rich?
Bible Best Portrays Men.
II demand that public men shall do
more than make cheap quotations from
the Bible and laugh over Jonah and
the whale. Those who would handle men
Alright must study the motives of men
and the different types of men. There
is no such gallery of types as is to be
found in the Bible. The good and evil
of men are both candidly set forth in
the Bible The Bible shows that it is
not sufficient to repent in proverbs. No
man is equipped for leadership in this
land who Is not familiar with the por-
trait gallery of the Bible.
The Bible is excluded from our pub
lie schools on totally insufficient
grounds" declared DR.. Ross, but
Creek mythology is put in the hands
of our school children, with it's wealth
OF beauty but many inlmoralities. 1
do not suggest that the classics be
driven from our scnoolS-God forbid
our children must take their chances
with life as il is-hut / do claim that
where the poison is given the antidote
should be given as we'll. Ancie-: h,er
aturs contains much of beauty. but
much of which. if published, would be
suppressed by the police"
Returning TO his theme that political
leaders, as well cnllUTen, SnOulQ De
scho9led in the Bible, DR.. Ross declared
that in the Bible alone is life rightful-
ly interpreted, and that the Bible is
the only book that says that Gods at
titude toward men is a blending of
mercy and justice He spoke of the
wee-wee Psalm" Psalm III. as the
center of thought in the Bible. in which
it is shown tnat God is love, but also
law, and that law is the way He loves
US.
Refers to War in Europe.
confronted now in Europe, with all the
symbolism of hell we are confronted
with believing in suffering God or in
no God at ALL declared the speaker
II was then he asked how many public
men today know what the Bible has
to say about liberty, pointing out that
tue United States stands for ecclesias-
teal. political and economic liberty,
and that these three are founded on the
religious liberty-that of a human soul
with Contaminated in the Bible.
Rev. Camden NJ. Cobern, the other
speaker of the morning, declared that
there is no need of any more conf1rma-
tion of the Bible. The Bible, he said.
was a revelation to the ancient world,
and is just as much a revelation now.
Rev DIR. John Henry Jowett is sched-
uled to close the conference tonight
with an address a o'clock. This aft
ernoon Rev. Charles r. Erdman and
Rev. Frank y. Palmer are spea king. At
o'clock Nine. Lydia Mountford of this
city addressed the conference on The
Syrian shepherd"
Bryan Urges High Moral Standards.
Secretary Bryan. who delivered the
principal address last night, urged