Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-29


credit. But there is none. Subse-
quent eXpositions of the Bible have
not improved it, The Koran while
it is founded upon Jewish canons and
has literary value is not as Impress
i've and positive an authority upon
the needs of the world.
a comparison OF passages from
the Koran, Job and Proverbs. on the
same subject. requires no comment.
The Koran says OF wisdom:
by the sun. and its rising bright
ness; b ythe moon, when she follow
eth him; by the day, when it show
eth his splendor; by the night. when
it covereth him with darkness; by
the heaven and him who built It; by
the earth. and him who spread 1t
| forth; by the soul. and him who oom-
pletely formed it, and inspired it
with it's faculty of distinguishing.
and power of choosing. wickedness
and piety; now Is he who hath puri-
fed the same, made happy; but he
who hath corrupted the same. is
made miserable
And Job:
Whence then comcth wisdom?
And wherN is the place OF under
standing: Seeing that it is kept from
the eyes of all living. and kept from
and Death say. we have heard the
| rumor thereof with our ears. God
understandeth the way thereof. and
knoweth the place thereof. For he
looketh to the ends of the earth. and
| under the whole heaven: to make q
weight for the wind: yea, he meteth
out the waters by measures. When
he made a decree for the rain, and Q
way for the lightning Of the thun-
der: These did he see it. and declare
it: he prepared it, yea, and searched
! ii out. And unto man he said. Be-
! hold, the fear of the Lord. that is
wisdom and to depart from evil is
| understanding"
| And Proverbs;
/ Happy is the man that fndeth
wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding. For the merchandise
| OF it is better than the merchandise
| of silver. and the gain thereof than
fine gold. She is IN re- precious than
! rubes: and none of the things thou
canst desire are to be compared unto
her. Length of days is in her right
hand: in her left hand riches and
| honor. Her ways are the ways of
! plcasantncss. and all her paths are
peace. She is the tree Of life to them
that lay hold of her, and happy is
every one that retaneth her"
1t has been asserted that the teach
ings of the proverbs alone would de-
| vclop a noble type of character, ir
! which real piety would be associated
with purity, sobriety. diligence, pru-
dence and generosity.
And such should be the definition
OF desirable citizen.
The Bible. furthermore, is the only
common ground where any success
full solution of the entangling prob
lens of the world is possible.
From the idea of the fatherhood Of
God as asserted and manifested il
the Old and New Eestaments, came
by implication, the brotherhood Of
man and the equitable principle OF
democratic government exhibited il
the organic laws of the United States
If then we must drink from thi.
great stream. midway. why SHOULD
We refuse to drink at its source?
The greatest demand of the time!
is liberal education. but there car
| he no liberal instruction. without
contemplation of the sources of in
spiration of all law. all literature
all art. all virtue and all philan
trophy.
1t cannot reasonably be denied
that the highest decisions of tn,
supreme courts of our land are pre-
Dictated upon enduring principles o
truth and equity as anciently de
clared in Leviticus. deuteronomy
and the New Testament amendment.
thereto. and any decree or interpre
tation not strictly in accord there
with is valueless and will become
| obsolete because uncomfortable.
In literature from thousands of in
stances. one example must suffice
Paul said to the Corinthians: IF
man think that he knoweth any
thing. he knoweth nothing yet as h,
! ought to know"
And. following this thought, Lore
Tennyson says in Memorian:
"Oh. vet We trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of i'll.
u" pangs OF nature sins OF will,
Defects OF doUbt, and taints of bDod.
That nothing walks with aimless feet
That not one life shall be destroyed
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete
That not one worm is cloven in VAN
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivelled iii fruitless fire,
Or but subScrVeS anotherS gain.
Behold. we know not anything:
] can but trust that good shall fail
At last-far off-at last. to all
| And every winter change TO spring.
so runs my dream: but what am l?
An infant crying in the night.
| An infant crying for the light
| And with no language but cry"
And as for art. it will be ever i'm
| possible for future generations to
ignore the great masterpieces OF
| Raphael. Michael Angelo. Titan and
Van Dyck. SO long as the human
eye records sensation and the human
heart responds to sentiments, so long
| will live the TRANSPORTATION, last
Judgment and thousands of other
biblical conceptions.
And so with music. The Messiah or
| Handee. the Creation. by Hayden, and
the oratorios 6pon the themes fur
| nshed by the Old and New Tesla
ments lead in the realms Of harmonic
creation and influence
And. as for virtue and plulanthro-
ply. ] tender no encomiums for they
need none. The wealth of State or
Nation is not in united treasures. not
| in its area, not in superior numbers,
but in the character of its virtuous
and law-approving constituents.
The names of Washington. Lincoln,
Clay. Webster Garfield and Roosevelt.
are lar examples or the many men
who. educated in the schools of our
fathers, stood Tour square to their
moral obligations and social respon-
sibilitics. by reason Of their famiI-
iarity with. and observance of, bibli-
cal injunctions.,
Robert lngersoll, while he assid-
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