The Washington times., 1936-05-23

| OF Jne lo,UUU @
students could Edwin C. Hill
not give the names of three Of the
disciples.
DR.. James Moffatt, professor
of church history at Union Theo'
logical Seminary. thinks a reform
in the printing of the Bible would
help sales in the United States
as we'll as provoke a controversy.
Eleven years ago DR.. Moffatt
made a modern translation IN
which he used the word barge
for ark" and in which he de-
scribed the Garden of Eden as
Eden Park.
His latest proposal is for a
multi-colored edition in type
large enough to stop booming
the occulists' trade. He said:
"The type used in our pres
ent Bible is so small that it
would spell failure for any
novel regardless of the beauty
of the story.
II have for a long time been
trying to interest various pub
fishers in getting out an
edition of the Bible filled with
illustrations, in large type
throughout, and with all chap
ter and psalm UNI berS
stricken out.
1T would be a good idea,
too, to get rid of those side
references"
However, if Virginia's high
school students won't read the
Bible, the Chinese will, small
type and side references notwlth'
standing.
CIRCULATION FIGURES
Last year the American Bible
Society circulated more than
100000 copies of the Scriptures
among the one-time heather
Chinese"
The British and Foreign Bible
Society also had a big year and
it's sales in China rose 100000
to total of 1926, 495.
The growth of literacy was held
to be largely responsible for the
increase.
Ethiopia was a fertile field for
distribution of the Bible during
the recent unpleasantness. Five
thousand copies in five different
languages went to the AbysSlnlans.
while the Italian soldiers were
getting their copies at Port Said
until the italian authorities o.
jected.
In this connection, the British
Society found that interest IN the
Bible increased most in countries
where there was unrest, such as
Germany and Spain.
Sales by the British in Germany
were 153, 483 copies, gain for the
year of 10000.
Perhaps for this year they will
not be so much since the NazlS
now have their own translation, or
rather adaptation, done for them
by Adolf Hitler's ReichSbIshop
Ludwig Mueller.
He has made over the Gospel
of ST. Matthew so that it contains
no references to Jerusalem, King
Solomon and the Ten Command
ments Bishop Mueller decided
that such references were Jewish
and for that reason should be re-
jected.
TAKES LIBERTIES
The bishop has taken quite
some liberty with the Sermon on
the Mount, which should give one
an insight into the mighty opln-
ion the bishop must have of him
: self. THE German Words of God
5 rendered into German" offers the
words of Christ in this fashion:
blessed is he who bears his
: sorrow manfully. He will find
= strength not to despair" Also
! blessed is he who keeps good
!: comradeShip always for such is
the will of God"
eff thy cOmrade Smite thee in
' the face in his wrath, it is not
right to always smite him back.
1t is more manly to preserve a
> superior calm. Mayhap thy COM
r rade will repent"
It is 400 years since We have
had the Bible in English.
! The word Bible" itself means
!, books, denoting the Sc separate
/ distinct histories, psalms, hiogra'
/. phieS, codes of laws and collec-
n lions of letters which make up the
t Old and the New Testaments.
S Aside from the spiritual and
religious side. the Bible is recog-
nized by the great scholars as a
5 masterpiece of literature, the
supreme masterpiece.
S Like Mrs. Kibbie Conner, the
e old lady in Texas who has read
her Bible 125 times, prefer the
New Testament.
n There is simplicity, beauty
IS unsurpassed in Luke'S story of the
d Nativity, in Matthews account Of
r. the Passion.
e Where else in our language do
you get the force which Paul put
into his epiStles?
IS To get back to our young Vir-
10 ginians. it will be too bad for the
le cultural, not to consider the Spir'
c. itual side of our life when high
,e school boys and girls cannot ap-
c. preciate the Bible.
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