The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-28

Boldly, yet unerringly. former Sen
ator Albert J.. Beveridge selected ex-
cerpts from passages of scripture, in
his address before large audience at
The First English Lutheran church,
Thursday night, and proved the great
literary achievements of the Bible.
DO you want to read of adventure,
passion, philosophy? then read the
Bible The Bible fits every mood and
need of the people. The short story.
the most difficult of all kinds of
fiction, is to be found in the book of
Ruth. and the best French writer's
have failed to come within gunshot
of that story.
Get Wrong Ideas.
How does it happen, then, that the
Bible is not read more frequently?
How does it happen that this store
house is so much unread?
At this point Mr.. Beverage told how
the spiritual bludgeon is held over
our heads until reaction sets in, and
we get the wrong idea of the Bible.
Throughout his address, he skipped
from one portion of the Bible to an.
other. pointing out in turn the great
Bible fiction, Bible laws, and unex-
ampled oratory. He told the story
of Isaac and Rebecca. and declared
that Isaac was the first genuine gen.
tleman described in literature. Dur
ing the telling of the story, he In
jected humor, calling Isaac's desire
to mediate after expressing his de-
sire for Rebecca, modern "cold-feet."
Mr.. Beveridge said that II he could
paint but one picture, he would want
it to be Isaac.
Points to Reality.
There isn't a thing in the Bible i'm
agined," he said, while discussing the
reality of the scenes. every incident
is as old as the world and as new as
the future" es
Calling Moses the greatest man that
ever lived, he told the story of the
Jsraelites escaping from Egypt, and
about to cross the Red sea; Pharaoh S
army was following close upon them
then Mr.. Beverage quoted the words
of Moses, the leader, Fear not, stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord"
-.--@@ Great oratory.
Any man who could write such
words as those in this day would be
proclaimed as a literary master. II
there is anything this nation needs
now it is Moses words. We need pa
thence, composure and faith"
From this statement Mr.. Beveridge
jumped to the legal necessity Of know
ing the Bible.
Even the politician will find the
bible full of very practical instruction
while no statesman can be truly sale
to be equipped for his noble craft who
has not carefully studied the account
of the methods of the great Kings o.
Israel. Senator Joseph Mcdonald, ii
whose office l studied law. never tiret
of saying that no lawyer is thoroughly
grounded in legal science who has no
mastered the laws of Moses"
Tells Experience.
Mr.. Beveridge stopped again to tel
of his experience while fighting fol
the meat inspection bill in the senate
a number of years ago.
at was in the days when l couldn'
sleep if l didn't win" he smiled. 81
makes no difference now as l know
the sun will rise in the morning wheth
err win or not. got out of bed abOu
o'clock in the morning and walked
into the library. There I opened thu
Bible to the place where Moses ha!
his laws regulating meat eating. &c
believe firmly that Providence guided
me to the place. That's the way will
all Scotchmen," he humorously re
marked, always thinking God is pay
ing particular attention to his ever,
move. ] went to President Roosevelt
and explained how l felt about GU
food laws"
Mastery Of Speech.
After much discussion of the wis
dom of Moses and his laws, Mr.. Beve
ridge shifted to the mastery of speed
as credited to Jesus. He chose thre
lines spoken by the Master and pro,
ed that the three lines contained tn
three laws of oratory-gaining the al
tention of his audience, proving hi
point, and driving home his argument
He said that Jesus was a model ma
aside from his deity. He waxed er