The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-09-04
The Nest Interesting Book In
The World.

The Bible is the most interesting
book in the world. Other books stale
when read again and again, but the
Bible grows fresher, for it is mex
haustible. This masterpiece was the
first book ever printed on movable
type and it has never been off the
press. One of the first sold for $780,
900 the other day. We cannot sep
arate the Bible from life. The Presi-
dent is inaugurated by it; we are
christened according to it; marriage
is sanctified by it, and death is made
easier on account of it.
No book has so changed the world.
Reformers have followed it and great
men have obeyed it. H. G. Wells calls
Isaiah and the Gospel of Mark two of
the ten most important books in the
world. The Bible, which is the worlds
greatest classic, was the book Of Lin
coin, Roosevelt and other great Amer
leans. When ten years of age Lin
coin had read the Bible through three
times. The founders of America
brought the Bible with them. Grant
said, "the Bible is the sheet anchor of
our liberties" The great difference
between the Puritans and the French
and Spanish settlers was due largely
to the use each made of the Bible.
The Divine book has several unique
features. 1t is the oldest authority.
No other book is authority on the or
igin of man and the world. 1t tells
US about the future life and future
events. The book of God is inspired.
1t was written with a certain degree
of unity, although forty or more au-
thors took part in it. A thousand
years were required to produce this
priceless treasure. The Bible is a
true story.
Civilization is deeply indebted to
the Hebrew nation. Palestine gave
the world the doctrine of individual
ism, the family idea, government
ideas, ethics, Christianity, the Bible,
and Jesus.
The literary side of the Bible has
not been appreciated. AS literature,
it is uneXcelled. It's poetry is based
upon parallelism instead of rythm
Not even Wadsworth has written any
thing on nature equal to the nine
teenth Psalm.Another passage reads:
"He walketh on the wings of the
wind" Our sacred books contains
law, history, poetry, drama, odes,
songs, idyls, romance, prophecy, ora
tory, rhetoric and almost all forms of
literature. Victor Hugo said Job was
perhaps the greatest masterpiece Of
the human mind"
The Bible should be taught in the
public schools, for it is as great as
any of the Greek or Latin classics
and does not contain any immoral
teachings, as they do. No sociologists
offer anything as good as the Golden
Rule. Patrick Henry said, There is
a book worth all other. books which
We're ever printed. We know that the
Bible is the book of the strongest ma
tons. Who would not like to study
about the Washington and Lincoln of
Palestine? The stories of the Bible
are unsurpassed in interest and value.
They tell of a hated slave who be-
came rules; of a man who had to
work fourteen years for his wife. 1t
is thrilling to read how Joshua made
the sun stand still; how he took Jer-
icho without losing a man; how Gid
con defeated 100000 men with only
300. If you like wisdom, read Solo
mon; adventure and travel, Paul. We
read of boys becoming kings and of
a man looking for lost mules and
finding a kingdom. Here is given the
story Of the worlds greatest and only
perfect man.
The mission of the Bible is to make
men better. Jesus taught men to love
one another. Christ and His saliva
ton is the center of attraction. The
Bible is the most fascinating story
ever written. When properly read,
it is the most inspiring and thrilling
story given to man. Read, study, be-
lieve and follow its teachings and
your life will be richer and the world
will be better. Matthew Arnold has
said that men can't diei without the
Bible. open thou mine eyes that
I may behold wondrous things out of
thy law" JESSE A. EARL.
Friendsville, Md, Aug. II, 1924.