The Washington herald., 1921-11-05
First of Weekly Bible Talks
By William Jennings Bryan
A Very Present Help in Trouble is Theme
Drawn from an Account of the Apostle
Paul's Return to Jerusalem.

s.a.S Ge.., 1nch rItabIe,
=. 1888 he that those who
49, :. n.L. faise accu-
ss,,on .ssinst p.pI were actuated
- $500. .rt,raiv d,oferent from
S,tans thsy nrociaimed.
T..r ,itti. srnsrienee In life is
.ufasss,t 10 convinca anyone that
49, trdto,,,snts made nv clamorous
tnn.nss 40 not Always state the
-, ns,,sn ~ offense' AS Deme-
trin. ths silversrnith Of Ephesus,
when he feared PauPs success in
preachinr the gospel TO the Ephe-
sians wouid rob him of his busi-
nes. =, roaEIns shrines for the city's
T goddess, Concealed selfish reason
! in his nraise Of Diana, SO today we
i ana unercenary motives cloaked in
| rIahteous lndi1nation.
/ r,our,
Dl " ev .siS N he.uti-
tnougnt OF toosy 80. ~ the
fully set torth IN the "oos
rsalmist' ...,.th
zoo Is our retuss snu a., ,ronhIe.
A very pr1,ene neip ,aar"
Tnerefore wiz no. 80 ,ni,b which
Is an e1ee rticIs. and
70 pegin TINS se ,,t,h q. gooa an
TAU, IuInIsh s.o., arassnts. God
.Iust,s.ion ss 80 Sis strength:
ws ns n. s.Ir IN every
rim. Of trouble. and. because Of
his trust In God. Paul knew not
fear. He says Of himself Gil Cor.
11:23-2T) that he was
I" in labours, more album
dant. in stripes above measure. In
prisons more frequent. in deaths oft.
"of the Jews five times received
forty stripes save one.
Thrice was I beaten with rods,
once was i stoned. thrice I suf-
fered shipwreck, a night and day
have been In the deep;
In journeyings often, In perfls OF
waters, In perils of robbers, In
perils by mine own countrymen, in
perils by the heather, In perils In
the city. in perils In the wilderness
In perils In the sea. In perils among
false brethren:
In WEAKNESS and painfulness, In
watchings often. in hunger and
thirst, in Hastings often. in cold
and nakedness."
And yet Paurs faith never
wavered. He was an example OF
what one can endure who believes
and IL ready to testify to his be-
lief. by life II that be Gods will,
oy oeath II MS death Is required.
"The Cultured Crowd"
Tolstoy administers the severest
rebuke that have read to what
he calls the cultured crowd" viz,
those who regard religion As a
approximation. good for the igno-
rant. but who think that one IAN
outgrow the necessity for religion
when he reaches q certain stage of
Intellectual development.
The great philosopher declares
tnat everyone who has experienced
rengious FEELING knows that It does
NOT rest upon vague fear OF the
n FORCES OF nature, but does
upon mans consciousness OF
ms nhlteness amid an infinite uni
anu OF MS sinfulness And
Us consclousness, Tolstoy adds.
r. g., eI outsrow.
a.. nscioushess OF our finite
refnoa US appreciate a
believe IN ca IN nave VINO
erfuI and ali Io,,;a an-poW'
We are con.t.ntis .
our Limitations. Our hands 80 ,t:,
put a Few pounds, while the hands
VI the Almighty piled mountain
upon mountain. Our wisdom is OF
nttle worth; we are daily con.
rohteo Dy problems that confuse
Us ana confound US It is relief a,
such times to look up to the meas.
ureless mind that planned a uni.
verse and wrote His laws upon all
'ninss' animate and inanimate.
we md 1t difficult to be neigh
oorly TO a Few whom we know per.
nonally-dihcult to consider theil
interests and our own at the sam,
time Our hearts can but feel re.
- we tnihk OF the good
80. esT ehly Fatner whos'
So,,,o " All nus children
grot.,,,, 49, anu however un-
=. may DC: