The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-16

Tcrce Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples SOcieties-Christian En-
deavOr, Etc. for March 2l-Favor-
ite Books OF the BiOle, and Why
John 1:1-5; 21:2O-25.
(By William 7. Ellis.)
One of the wonders of the world |
is the ever growing prevalence Of tt : |
Bible. 1t is the paramount fact con- |
corning all the realm of literatura |
So peerless is the place Of the Bfble |
in the world of books. and so without |
rival in the affection and interest Of
mankind. that there is literally no |
other vOlue that can be claSSed with j.
Five hundred languages are employed
in the writing and printing of the
Bible, and its distribution is world
wide. Now, even more signally thai.
in all times past, it is the days best
seller In Philadelphia the daily
newspapers have for more than two
| months past been selling thousands of
Bibles every week to their readers
From every battlefield of the great
war the demand comes for copies of
| the Scriptures. This unique book is
| admired, loved and obeyed by scores
| or hundreds of millions Of persons
! and is at the present hour the most
| powerful influence in shaping human
| society.
| Probably the most popular single
| purveyOr of religious teaching today
is Rev. VIM. A. Sunday, who says, in
! his sermon on the Bible: ""The great
| men of the ages are on the side of the
| Bible. A good many infideH talk as
| though the great minds of the world
| were arrayed against Christianity
and the Bible. Great statesmen. in
ventors painters, poets, artists, mu
sicians, nave lifted up their hearts
Xyot ha rt>.>
| steam engine, was a Christian; Full
ton, the inventor Of the steamboat
was Christian; Cyrus Mccormick
| who first invented the Self-binder
was Christian: Morse, who invented
the telegraph, and the first message
that ever flashed over the wire was
from Deuteronomy-'Wh hath God
wrought. George Washington was a
Christian. Abraham Lincoln was a
Christian, and with Bishop Simpson
knelt on his knees in the White House.
praying God to give vitory to the
Army Of the Blue. John Hay, the
brightest Secretary of State that ever
managed the affairs Of State, in my
judgment, was a Christian. William
Jennings Bryan, man as clean as a
hounds tooth; Garfield, Grover Cleve-
land, Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt
l Woodrow Wilson-all Christians. The
poets drew their inspiration from the
: Bible ante's Inferno, Millions Par
adise Lost two Of the greatest works
ever written, were inspired by the
: Word of God. Lord Byron, although
= a profiigate, drew his inspiration from
4 the Word Of COG. Shakespeare!
e | works abound with quotations from
: the Bible. Joh1 G. Whittier. Long
n fellow, Michael Angelo, who painted
n The Last Judgment Raphael, who
/, painted the Madonna of the hair,
TNo T
: per- all dipped their brushes in tn
e light of heaven and painted for eter
: nifty"
t Another general characterization o
e the Bible used by Mr.. Sunday, al
y though first formulated by Mr.. Davi
8 McConaughey is peculiarly appropriat
n to this topic. He describes the Bibl
n as a house Of many rooms. I enter
J. ed through the portico Of Genesis an
walked down the Old Testament ar
IS gallery, where l saw the portraits o
!, Joseph, Jacob. Daniel. Moses, Isaiah
r Solomon and David hanging on tn
d wall; I entered the music room O
Is the Psalms and the Spirit Of Go
} struck the keyboard of my nature un
d til it seemed to me- that every rec
t. and pipe in Gods great organ of ma
le ture responded to the harp of Davit
and the charm Of King Solomon i
y his moods. l walked into the bushes
n house of Proverbs. I walked into tn
" observatory Of the prophets and ther
te saw photographs Of various Size
lg some pointing to far-on stars c
ID events-an concentrated upon on
IS. great Star which was TO rise as a
l. atOnement for sin. Then / went int
I'd the audience room Of the King
4 kings, and got vision from four di
n ferents points-from Matthew, Mari
Id Luke and John l went into the col
ne respondence room and saw Pete
oy | James, Paul and Jude, penning the
le epistles to the world. l went into tt
Acts Of the Apostles and saw tl
Holy Church, and then l walked in1
1g the throne room and saw a door
ed the foot of a tower and, going up
k, saw One standing there, fair as tt
IN morning Jesus Christ, the Son of Go