The Washington herald., 1921-11-05

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says the great need Of the hour -
more intindts kaotcIedoe aud Under.
standing Of the Bible on the part Of
al Americans.
ny WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
A. this is the first Of series Of
Bible Talks that viii appear. In The
Herald every Saturday Il may not
be out of place to explain to the
reader the plan tina shall pursue.
/ am addressing large Bible class.
made up Of newspaper readers scat
tered throughout the entire country
the largest Bible class In the world
and my purpose Is to show how the
lessons Of the Bible can be consistent
ly applied by all Of US to our every
day. Twentieth Century lives.
Man needs spiritual nourishrnent as
irnperatively as he needs food for the
body. II the emaciation OF the SOU
were as apparent to the eye as ema-
citation Of the body, II would be easy
to throng the tables where ethical
food is dispensed as Il IL to NIL the
dining room. -.
Hopes to Increase Interest.
, I hope, through the medium of
these weekly Bible Talks. to increase
the interest In the Bible OF those who
are habitual attendants upon church
and Sunday school. and to bring to q
study Of the Bible those who have
allowed worldly cares to keep them
from enjoying constant contact with
the Holy Scriptures.
President Harding recently said: II
have always believed In the inspira-
ton Of the Holy Scriptures, whereby
they have become the expression to
men of the word and will OF God"
believe that devoutly; and with
our President I also believe that
from every point Of view the study Of
the Bible IL one Of the most worthy
to which men may devote themselves.
and that in proportion as they know
and understand II, their lives and
their actions will be better"
May We together, in these weekly
Bible Talks, come to know and under
stand the Bible better, that we may
all enjoy life more abundantly.
Great soul Unafraid.
The text Of today's Bible talk is
found in the account of the Apostle
Paurs return to Jerusalem.
A quarter Of q century before his
conversion had taken place, even
while on his way to prosecute the
new sect that called themselves
Christians. During all those twen-
ty-five years, he had been steadfas,
in the ministry OF the Master, car
rying His word throughout Asia
and Europe to Jew, and GENTLE, and
making thousands Of believers.
He had suffered many things ir
the course of his ministry. Now
as he set his face towards Jeru-
salem, It was prophesied to him
that there he would be bound AND
delivered into the hands of the Gen.
tiles.
His rply was Characteristic oil
q great soul undaunted and una.
fraid. II am ready not to be bound
only, but also to die at Jerusalem
for the name OF the Lord Jesus"
Victim Of False Ramor.
So he had gone up to the Holy
City. There II was told to him thai
IL had been said OF him in Jerusalem
that he had taught all the Jew.
which were among the Gentiles Ur
foreign lands) "to forsake Nose.
neither to walk after
the customs"
To disprove this false report, Il
show that he himself kept the law
Paul, the next day purifying him
self, entered into the temple, "tC
signify the days Of publication"
It was when this period OF sever
days was almost ended that tn,
mob told Of in today's text, can't
down upon him. And before takins
up the central thought Of today'i
Talk, attention should be called Il
the fact that this mob, which threat,
ened the life of Paul and called Il
his rescue the chief captain, Lysias
was brought together by 4 falst
rumor.
The Sin OF "suppose.u
1t was charged that Paul brough,
Greeks into the temple. In oul
text we learn that the Greek re.
ferred to was Trophimus whom
they supposed that Paul hat
brought into the temple"
What an indictment will be found
upon the books against Dame Ru
NOR In the last day! Property ha.
been destroyed, hopes wrecked, and
even lives taken because rumor Lee
people to suppose.
I was once asked to give, for Z
symposium on the subject. an an
swer to the question, What would
happen II, for one day, every person
told what he knew about other per.
sons?" Ny answer was that nothing
could be of less advantage to thu
public or Of greater harm.
In the first place, half Of the evi
that we think we know about other
people Is not true. 1t comes to u.
upon the authority "they say" anC
we have no time to verify the state.
ment even II we have inclination
to do so.
Gossip II Uncharftable.
OF the half that Is true, most o.
II ought not to be told. ITO err
is human" and there 10 enough
wrong-doing in every life to max
all charitable. What excuse ca