Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-26

Canaanites, which is mentioned IN
the Book of Genesis, together with
fragments of sacrifiCial offerings
and broken earthenware character
istic OF that age. Hal, the royal
city Of the Canaanites, is situated
to the east of Bethel. The Israeli
ties were smltten here after the fall
OF Jericho.
The Junior crusade for decent
reading" is movement recently
initiated by the Catholic Boy, ma
tional publication for Catholic
youth. An effort is being made to
enroll all Catholic youths of the
ages Of 10 to IS.
! The oldest manuscript of any
part of the Bible, in any language,
! was discovered recently in an old
! collection of papyrus manuscripts
! in the Rylands Library of Manches-
ter, England. The document had
been lost for centuries, and consists
! of a part of the Gospel of st. John
in Greek 1t is thought to have
| been written in the early part of
the second century or the last part
of the first century. Scholars have
previously thought John was one Of
the last books to be written.
Aksum, once the capital of ETH
opia, has from time immemorial
been considered holy city. In Ak
sum is a church which according to
legend contains the Ark of the Gov
enant or the replica of it. The
earliest authoritative reference to
it is in manuscript written in 67
/ A D. An inscription in Greek on a
column, is evidence of Ethiopian
contact with the Grecian world.
''The Star of Bethlehem will be
reproduced for two weeks during
the Christmas season, at the Plane
tarium in the Franklin institute,
Philadelphia. A pageantry of light
and music entitled "The Heavens
Declare" will be presented daily
and nightly. The supernatural light
which hovered over the midnight
skies nearly 1000 years ago and led
the wise men to the place where
Christ was born, will be shown in
the astronomical setting Of that pc
riod.
Wood from holly tree grown
on the site of Fort Raleigh, Roam
oke Island, N. c., was used to make
a gavel presented to the English
Society for the Propagation Of the
Gospel, by Bishop Darst, from the
Roanoke Colony association. The
gift commentaries the birth and
| baptism of Virginia Dare in 1887,
| first child born of English parents
in North America.
Kagawa says there are 12,019
cities, towns and villages in Japan,
and of these 11,123 are still unoc-
cupied by Christianity. In only
/ 500 are there centers of Christian
work.
Plans are being made for the pro-
duction of a modern talking film of
Charles M. Sheldon's book "In His
! Steps," which, since it's publication
has been translated into 20 Ian
guages, with g total sale of more
than 25,O00,000 copies throughout
| the world.
A contract between Ecuador and
two Jewish leaders provides for the
granting of 10000 acres of free
land for Jewish refugees. The land
will be parcelled out for period
! of 80 years. The colonization COM
mittee will undertake to establish
within IS months a bank with suffi-
! cient capital to finance 900 fam
! lilies
| Faith
Faith is literally the truth OF
God. We may accept it passively
| or embrace It actively Faith, pas
siveIy accepted, is the possession OF
all. Every person has a certain
measure of it, Abundant living,
however is not achieved through a
passive acceptance Of the great real
i tiles of life. Faith actively en-
braced is the possession of few.
talLn is SOTely HScucu III oVois
walk of life. Lack of faith blasts
home life, destroys friendship, I'M
dermines business and adds to IN
| ternational misunderstanding. Falth
is the priceless ingredient without
which the formula for abundant
life is incomplete. Faith prompts
us to sing when there is no sunrise
to inspire u.s. Faith encourages us
to trudge on, even after the road
map of traditional procedures ceases
to be useful. Faith whispers
word of hope when clamorous
voices cry for persecution and re-
venge. Faith must emerge at last
in action. What the world needs
is a vital, practical faith. the type
of faith that Jesus Christ embod-
! led. We honor Him most when we
emulate His faith.
Facts About Your Bible
In your Bible there are $3.50, ;,
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