The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-18

that November IS B1DlR MONTH
and Z am wondering, What Of
it,
That there Is nowhere in all the
literature Of the world such a col
lection Of wisdUrng appiicahfe 70
ever phase OF human life, I am
certain. r am Just as certain tfIsk
this wisdom Is turned aside from
It's possibilities and its intended
purposes by aKnatesar. and espE-
ciaily BY protesting and paid ex-
p8nents of the Bible. ann Ger
tain that this, perversion of the
Scriptures tWritiHas3 is the cause
OF all OF our National and Inter
national unf1appiness.
I do not pretend to know the
mystery of prophecy, nor OF IN
spiration ana [ echo the old qlles-
tfun. 'Ganst thou by searching,
find out 0od2'' That God held
conversations with men as is re-.
corded, presents a. difficulty But
Joan. OF Arc believed that she
heard actual voices and George
Fox, the Quaker was firm in the
belief that voice spoke To him.
If Isaiah was inspired WREN he
proclaimed the acceptable year of
the Lord, who shall deny inspira-
ton 70 Tennyson WREN in I847
he esrpisioned Aerial navieS,
graphing in the central blue
and followed it up with d fore
cast of The Parliament OF, the,
World. where the ear11rlonsense
of most snail hold d fretful1 realm
in Awe? No. I do not know
what inspiration is: for tire mat
ter Of that, I ito. not know what
calculus is; but, although I had
some difficulty in understanding
the multiplication tables. that fact
does not, lead me TO question the
Higher Mathematics. Not know
ing Cod does not make me less
certain that il is "tile fool who
bath said in his heart, there is no
God . But, this I feel sare Of;
whether it is from wisdom in
freaited from the Egyptians, or
whether God spoke to Moses from
d burning bush, the Bible is far
more concerned with the integrity
of the Nation than, it is with the
behaviour of the individual.
And, because it is safe and easy
TO speak smooth words, we will
nave rie91 reward after we die;
and because it is unsafe and I'M
popular to proclaim the way of
salvation for the Nation, we do
hear constantly from tirnid stll-
pits that The Law of the Lord is
perfect bat, never yet have /
heard from pulpit what that
Law consists of.
q Therefore, to- rue it appears that
the shepherds sf the Hocle' be
tray their charges and justify the
taunt that Religion is the opiate
of the people"
For, the Bible is not wholly
religious book. Interspefsed with
folk stories, theology history, re-
ligion and poetry, there is about
toar times as much space devoted
to the ssiavtion of the. Nation as
there is to the matter of personal
salvation, But, personal saliva
ton is d safe topic.
Folt the writers of the Bible
had hold Of a great truth. It was
an absolute condition and not a
theory that Moses proclaimed
When he said to pharoah. Lett
my people 60, that they may serve
Me" Slaves can not create free
dom while they are slaves.
And so, we find the Bible main
~ concerned with freeing men
that they serve the cause of hui
mainly. One thing firmly fixed
IN the Law is the condition that
there must be, no debtor class. no
landless class il, the Nation is ia
prosper and that, il these two ba-
sic factors are. not. observed that
there will be distress and disas-
ter for the disobedient nation.
And ne who pretends to teach
the Bible to others, to point the
way to Heaven, while he fattens
on the hush money provided by
wicked economic condition. NAV
be honest, according to his lights.
but, it seems to me that he can
not know his Bible. Hence.
Blind leaders of the blind"