Evening star., 1914-02-10

these are efticacious all play their parts.
The Lord Jesus lived and d.ed TO 90 H.
we have His promise that He watts 10 90
it. Let US bring the r essed Lord back
again. He offers Himself. living pres
ence, as the common center for all deVo-
on, for all community life. Inc SOUS
that are devoted to Him imbibe His holi.
ness and His owe and become parts OF
the divine family
Geography of Bible.
DR.. Frank y. Palmer, the first speaker
o. the meeting. took as ms su1Ject Inc
Geography OF the Bir.c." He emphasized
the necessity OF familiarity with the
OF the Scriptures because oi
the frequent local allnsions not only IN
ma IRA tive, but in prophecy as We |. knoWi-
edge of the very character 1l 'he sou
and the productiveness OF the feglons
spoken of help make real to mankind the
SCRIPTURES and clarity many OF their
statements. said Dr.. Palmer;
"The Old Testament. rs Literature ana
as Life" formed the subject of Rev. VIII
liam Souper of London. who empha-
sized the vast variety of literature to be
found in chat portion of the Rihie. ms
torical. poetical. prophetic dramatic ana
The Old Testament. SAID
DR.. Souper. was written oy ,inaellat.ve.
orientals, men whose hearts
more quickly responded to AN appeal
than did their minds. and to properly
teach the Old Testament man nuSt
give free play to the same qualities III
himself.
"If we de-orientalize it into a western
world book of logic and syllogisms we
make it into a dead thing declared the
speaker and further: 49,
ANY conception OF history that does
not recognize the supremacy and gulo-
ance of God. no matter how accurate in
6, ,,ll &c q
Dramatic Literature.
Speaking of the dramatic literature Of
the Old Testament, the book of Job. with
its relation of almost every human eX-
perience and emotion, was cited as
sample. In regard to the poetical aspect
DR.. Souper gave as his opinion that nc
songs we're comparable in passion. power
and beauty to the songs OF Zion. IN
speaking Of the prophetic portions, Ihe
prophet was one TO Wnon aool
in heaven opened and who saw the face
of Jehovah every day. said he, and. re-
what he characterized as WIS
dom literature" declared that Eccles1aStes
and the book of Proverbs can well solve
modern as well as ancient problems mas
much as THE fear OF the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom
An even larger congregation than that
in attendance yesterday packed the church
and listened to the stirring and instructive
addresses of the eminent students and
of the holy Scriptures Last
evening policemen were compelled to
turn away those who desired to attend
the meetings, but who did not have re-
served seats.
Bryans Entertain Speakers.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs.
pryan gave a luncheon this afternoon
at Calumet Place to the speakers of the
Bible conference and other distin-
suished persons. Those present were:
The Secretary of Commerce, Justice
Peele, Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, pas
tor of Westminster Congregational
Chapel, London; Rev. John Fl. Jewett.
minister of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church. New York city: Rev.
William Souper pastor of Clapham
Commons Presbyterian Church, Lon
don: Col. Henry o. S. Heistand, Rev. F.
NJ. Palmer of Lake Winona. Minn.;
Rev. John Mcneil. the Scotch evangel-
ist of Toronto; S. D. Gordon of Phila-
delphia, DR.. c. NJ Cobern. theologian
and archeologis, of Meadeville Col
Rev. Melville Trotter. superintendent of
the Mission at Grand RAPIDS. Mich;
Rev. sherwood Eddy. the noted Y. NJ.
c. A. missionary: Frank Wilbur Main,
auditor of Pittsbursh rev solomon {.
mickey director of the Wniona as
sembly: Rev. Wallace Radcliffe. Rev, W.
r Wedderspoon, Rev. Paul K. Hickok,
Rev. Henry Anstadt. Rev. Earle Whitley.
DR.. George Otis Smith. president OF the
Y. NJ c. A.; George X. McLanahan.
Prof W. H COLLISION, William Knowles
cooper. G. f. Schutt. A. Il. Brown and
Clarence p. King, president of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany.