Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-11-17

uIeu84 LH< OUT H0uI , 04/Ix4#|~|(s
A Book Of Like! How eur(y M !
life seem apart from Gods pre~ence
and oversight, which the BIble reveals
on every page. Here. for examrlc
is isnah assuring the little mutton Of
Jodcn Of Gods protection when The
mighty Babylon aud As~yrin threat
end 10 overthrow the Jewish kingdom
Or here j. the Master assuring NJ
Of the intimacy Of Divine Providence
that ever, hair Of the hend was ni.m-
bcrcd.
/; j. this interest Of the Heavenly
Father. this care for Ills children, re-
,enird no, once. hni a Thousand timcs
in the pages Of the Holy Writ thai
gives the Bible it, unique human IL
lerc~t. Do we mourn for our io,co
ores, iloiy Scripture brings ~ ~,
comforting news: "I,lesscsl nrc III,
dead who die in the Lord" II re-
mind, H. of the many mansions IN ih
Father house. Are we shirkinc
duties because they are to, hard Tor
US. II i in the Bible we learn ~
that grace hv whose help nothing is
irno-~iblc We sec the yornr mnn
-'fa-, ewes arr opened in rc-ponsc t.
E,lisha'~ prayer and whose fcar~ ilc,
away. ns he see. the oppo-itc mount
inin full Of charioi> and horsemcn
ie,,l, to iiehi for him.
"'rhai We may be mindful OF III.
hirh were .,1okrl before u,
-. - pgnphci-." III, I,iblc j. Il
.rci"d hsok of Rcm.mhraliees full
III he precious memoric. Of our rae,
ard The Father, relation To the nn-
tom. and the individual men aud We
men If the ages. II i not n book
Of obstacles about eternity and IN
ilniiV. Life ha- u meaning AMI u
ieal interest. For The Bible pictures II
4, = great drama with hero in whom
llr interest cenirr> and chnracl arr
ike car own taking parts and infm-
encine the outcome. Life is by no
mems II maxe or thing of accident
aud chance. We might have suspect
I'd il 10 be- -omcthn. of that SORT. IT
We had had M Bible Ia tell us how the
world'~ story ha. II real plot. and that
all incidents of human experience are
STRUNG upon the thread Of Divine
purpose"
Whatever the crliciser may have to
give III in respect to the Bible, lei rs
recognize clearly that apart from AN
alysis H. the thing itself. its actua,
achievement and record, and how glo-
riou> this record of the Bible. |
might borrow u phrase from that
famous eleventh chapter Of Hebrews
in H. narrative of Faiths achieve
mcnis. aud say: by the Bible has
come civil liberty and stable gov
eminent" aud for this reason the an
archi-t applauds when the Bible with
lis ten commandments and sermon on
the mount, are denounced, by some
reckless demagoguc; and such states
men NJ John Marshall and Bismarck
could agree with Daniel Wcbste,
when he says: "lf We abide by the
principles taught in the Bible We will
90 an prospecting. bnt If our poster
iiy nc.leci> it, instruction, and auth
GRITTY. no man can tell how sudden u
catastrophe may overwhelm us."
liy the Bible ana their devotion to
IL lIolbcin and Rubcns. Raphael and
Rembrandt. have painted their i'm
mortal paintings. BY the Bible
l.aiimer and Huss. Ridley aud Gran
mcr could lay down their lives for The
Truth, sake. BY the Bible Shake
spcarc wrote his plays. Bncon laid
The Foundation of modern scientific
research. Herschel and Faraday,
Locke. and Newton labored in fields
ii phy-,,. or speculation. BY the