Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-11
OUTLINES PROGRAM
FOR LIBRARY SUNDAY
Mes. L. VI. Eddington Tells of Plan
Used AT Park Place
Church.
Many BOOKS CONTRIBUTED
Exercises Had for Their Foundations
the Wonders Of the Book" the
Bible-Many Pupils Take Part,
and Appropriate Music Rendered.

me following program for Library
sunday. having for it's foundation the
wonders Of The Book"-the Rihle
mas been prepared by Mrs g. NJ Ed
o'he 'oh' superintendent of the inter
mediate department Of Park place
Methodist Sunday School II will h.
lound suggestive 10 Sunday school
workers planning similar occasion:
me library At Park Place Church
NAG not been in use for five wears
The books were old worn out. many
OF them lost. The superintendent
ASKED me TO take hold and see if We
could not get ii in good working order
once more We appointed day to
he called Library Sunday Every
member OF the school was requested 10
bring book that he had read and
ioVeo; also slip of paper, bearing
inc name OF book that he would like
10 read. class Of young women was
appointed TO decorate the SUNDAY
schooiroom and to place white book
marks III the Bible. In selecting those
VINO rendered our program we tried
10 reach every class and chose for our
theme The Wonders of The Book
the Bible. Everything was solemn and
impressive and those who attended
were enthusiastic in their praises
The program was as follows:
First .Scholar-"God and the Bible
In Nature"
The Bible is not only the revealer
or the unknown God to man, but His
grand Interpreter as the God OF Ma
ture. In revealing God, il has given
us the key that unlocks the profoundest
mysteries of creation. the clue by
which 10 thread the labyrinth of the
universe. the glass through which To
look from nature up 10 natures
God
Second Scholar-Go stand with Da-
Les ill
eled canopy Of the night, and, as YOU
look away TO the range of planets.
suns and adamantine spheres. wheel
ing mistaken through the void i'm
mense." take UP the mighty question
ines OF inspiration.
Third Scholar-Go, stand upon the
heights of Niagara. and listen in awe
struck silence 10 that boldest. most
earnest and most eloquent of all Ma
lures orators! And what is Niagara,
with its plungine waters and its
mighty roar but the oracle of God. the
whisper Of His voice who is revealed
in the Bible as sitting above the
waterfoods forever
Fourth Scholar-"God in History"
The oldest reliable history is that
given by Moses: "And God said. Let
there be light. and there was light"
And on and down, for 1000 years the
sacred volume follows the fortunes of
Gods chosen people. And. incidentally.
il gives us. at the same time light on
the contemporary nations of hcathcn-
dom.
Fifth Scholar-"God in Science"
The Bible does not unfold TO us the
mysteries OF geology. astronomy or
chemistry. And Yet il does train the
mind for its loftiest flights and it's
broadcast explorations. 81 have always
found said patron of the National
institute at Washington. lin my sci
entifc studies that. when could get
the Bible to say anything on the sub
ject. it afforded me a firm platform to
stand upon. and another round in the
ladder by which could safely ascend"
II throws its beams into the temples
OF science and literature, no less than
those OF religion. and SO prepares the
way for mans advancement in philos-
ophy. metaphysics and natural sci
ences. no less than in the realm Of
ethics: and, as it saves the soul. 1t ex-
ats the intellect.
Sixth Seholar-"The Bibles Adapta-
ton"
Tie Bin!e is adapted to every pos
s:hie variety Of taste, temperament.
culture ard condition. 1t has stronS
reasoning for the intellectual: it takes
the calm aid contemplative to the
well-balanced James. and the affection
ate to the Icing and beloved John.
The pcnslve may read the tender la
mentation and the funeral strains Of
jeremiah. Lot the sangune commune
with the graphic and creative Joel;
and the plain and practical may go to
the wise Ecclesiastes or the outspokeD
Peter. They who like brilliant apoth-
eKems should study the book OF
Proverbs; and the lover of pastoral and
quiet delineations may dwell with the
sweet singer Of Israei, or the richly