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THE PRESBYTKEIi
THE WORLD'S GREAT LEADERS ON
THE BIBLE.
Compiled by C. T. Wett stein.
T. W. ron Goethe, Germany's great
poet:
"Let spiritual culture advance, let
natural sciences spread and grow deeper,
let the human spirit broaden out as
much as It will?not hug will surpass
the grandeur and moral culture of
Christianity as it shines in the Gob- r
pels."
"We can never deny the culture which
we have received from the Bible."
"For this reason is the Bible an
eternal, active book, because, as long
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nvnu ID JJ1 VUBUJU1X, TIOOOOV
has yet stood up and said, 'I comprehend
it in its entirenees and understand It in
detail.'"
"The Bible is so full of precious value
that it offers more material for meditation
about human things than any other
book."
"The great veneration which the
Bible receives from many nations and
races of the earth 1b due to its inner
value."
"Childish simplicity understands the
divine meaning of the Bible the best:
and. after all round-about ways, the
wisest and greatest men turn back to
her admiringly and with reverence."
"I love and revere the Bible, because
to this book I owe almost exclusively my
moral education and culture. The events,
the lessons, the symbols, the parables,
all made deep Impressions upon
me and acted in one way or another
upon my character. It is my honest
opinion, that the better we understand
the Bible the more beautiful it will appear
to us." (In Farbenlehre) Goethe
once said: "The soul is the mirror of
God."
Abraham Lincoln: To his friend, J.
Speed:
"I read the Bible regularly with much
benefit to myself. Try to understand
as much as you can of this book, ac
cept the rest with faith, and you will
live and die a better man."
"Many times," said Captain Mix, of
Lincoln's body-guard, "have I listened
to our most eloquent preachers but
never with the same feeling of awe and
reverence as when our Christian President,
his arm around his son, with his
deep, earnest tone, each morning, read
a chapter from the Bible."?(Carpenter.}
When the colored people of Baltimore
presented him with a Bible, Lincoln
said: "This book is the best srlft which
God has ever given man. All the good
from the Saviour of the world la communicated
to us through thiB book. But
for that hook, we oould not know right
from wrong."
It Is said that TAncoln always carried
a pocket New Testament with him.
U. 8. Senator A. J.- Beverldge: In a
speech before the Chicago Sunday Evening
Club:
"Purely as a volume of entertainment
I have often wondered that the Bible is
not more widely read. "Like other gifts
of God, it is so common that we fail to
appreciate it."
William McKlnley:
Rev. C. B. Manchester, of Canton, 0..
and William McKlnley were soldiers In
the same regiment In the Civil War.
McKlnley was a member of Manchester's
church and the latter said: "I have
been much and often with Major McKlnley;
we were often together 1n
social gatherings and political meetings,
so that we came home late In the night,
but I have never seen him go to bed
without reading In the Bfble and then
kneeling down for prayer."
Otto von Bismarck: "The Iron Chancelor"
of Germany:
We have not many words of Bismarck
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IN or T fl ? SOtlTH
oa the Bibl?, although it 1b known that
he valued it very "highly and wae very
familiar with Kb contenta. On his
travels a New Testament always accompanied
him; also a little book,
"Daily recitations for faithful Chris
tIanB," containing Bible verses, in
which, as his valet said, he read every
night Here are a few extracts from
hiB letters to his bride, Johanna von
'uttkammer:!
"I believe the Bible contains the Word
of God.?I read daily in the New Testament,
Romans 8.?When I retire I read
Peter IT. I do this now with system,
upon your recommendations, and when
I have finished Peter I will read the
Hebrews.?I Just turned to the Bible for
my comfort and found the 112th Psalm,
which Is very nice.?I read Romans 12.
It is a chapter which reveals to us
how poor in faith and how bad we are."
Bismarck's letters to others are full
of Bible sentences, and often he said
that he regularty Tead the Bible because
it was a necessity for him. In his bed
chamber an old torn Bible could always
be found. The 143rd Psalm he admired
more than any other part of the Bible,
because once, in a great crisis in his
life, a close friend advised him to read
it as a great source of comfort and
strength. Often he recited sentences
from this Psalm. He selected the text
for his funeral services himself: Corinthians
16:53-57.
Benjamin Harrison: At a Congress of
Bible Societies In New York:
"The entire hope of human progress
depends upon the continuously increasing
Influence of the Bible. Take this
book away from our courts where the
criminal Is brought before the majesty
of God; take It away from
the homes and the family; remove
It from our penitentiaries, from the
desperate prisoners; take it away
from the sick chambers where there
are souls that seek God and comfort;
yes, take it away from our
schools and universities and place into
the hands of the growing-up race, books
of science and modem culture,?wait a
decennelum until the seed has grown up
vrvn \irr* 11I/I AV. ? V ?* s ~
nuc hum luc uuncni 01 ukgeneration
whch you would And; you
would be amazed at the depravity of
mankind and the terrible selfishness.
Man, destined to be elevated to God.
would be beastly. Such would be the
end of mankind If the Word of God
would disappear from the world."
Daniel Webster:
"Prom the time when I first sat at the
feet of my father or mother and learned
verses from the Holy Scriptures,
they have been my dally, sincere meditations
and thoughts; and If there 's
anything in my life or my thoughts tin?
is good ot praiseworthy it is due only
to my dear parents because they implanted
In my soul love for the Bible."
In a discussion about the sublimity of
the Old Testament, he said: ''Yes. my
friends, the poesy of Isaiah, Job and
Habakkuk is beautiful and grand ; but if
)tou nave uvea eu years you will esteem
the Gospel of 9t. John 14 and 16 higher
than any other poesy of the Bible."
Again he said: "My heart continuously
reassures me that the Gospel of
Jesus Christ must be a divine {ruth."
Joseph Cheats: U. S. Ambassador In
London:
"How would It be possible to make
England and America guardians of the
peace of tbe world? Many depend upon
armies and navies and gun powder and
dynamite as the best guarantees for the
preservation of peace, but these things
explode sometimes when It Is the least
expected. Others trust to the slow and
complicated process of diplomacy. But. i
alas, these also do not suffice, as we
have experienced it lately. (SpanishAmerican
war.) I believe the only etfre '
[August 14, 1912
guarantee of peace is the moral influence
of public opinion. Le? It be
known that every nation wants peace,
and we will have no wars. I believe
if England and America would set the
example the other Christian nations
would follow.
iNotning could resist the pressure of
public opinion based on this book (taking
up a Bible) that announces to the
world nothing but "peace on earth and
good will to man." I believe in cooperation
of every good work between
the two nations. Why should we not
work together In every good work since
we have one God, one Bible, one language
and one destiny?"
(Germany surely would join hands.?
Ed.)
Count Okuraat Statesman of Japan.
To an American:
"The efforts of the Christians to purify
the morality of Japan will be welcomed
by all honest and impartial
men. If you read your Bible you may
think it is antiquated, not in accordance
with the ages. The language may
appear bo, but the pure life it advocates
is something that will never ernw rdrf
may the world progress as much as It
will. Live and preach these doctrines
and you give to this nation, exactly that
Which she needs In this crisis."
"LOOKING FOR TROUBLE."
**y William Thomas McElroy.
Many people seem to have a faculty
for always getting themselves Into
trouble. They walk about with a "chip
on their shoulder" and when It falls off
they Immediately get It into their heads
that someone has knocked It ofT, and
pitch Into the first fellow that comes
along. Then, when it Is all over, they
rail at the fate that portions out more
trouble to them than It portions out to
their neighbors.
In many cases, perhaps in the majority
of cases, It is their own fault.
There are but few persons who fight
without having some real or fancied
reason for doing so. The person who Is
always getting into trouble 1s usnallv
getting what he is looking for. Not that
they want it, hnt they are constantly expecting
it, and never let a chance for it
go by without a challenge. It is said
that in the rougheT days of the West,
the man who went unarmed rarely needed
weapons. It was the man who was
a walking armory who always got into
trouble and who generally "died with
his boots on." The one did not look for
trouble, the other did. The one rarely
got it, the other seldom failed to get it.
Looking at it from any side, the habit
of looking for trouble is an unprofitable
business. It only makes life un,pleasant!
and never does any good.
Which is the more apt to be successful
?the business man who extends privi
leges to those who want them or the one
who throws his partner out of the window
because he used a postage stamp
for other than business purposes?
Happy is he who can laugh at a Joke on
himself instead of getting angry over
it and making the perpetrator "smart
for his fun."
I once knew an old farmer who was
one of those who are always expecting
trouble, a dyed-in-the-wool-pesslmlst.
If times were hard, he was sure he
would starve; if times were good, he
wasn't doing as well as he thought he
should do; if It rained he expected H to
ruin hlg hay; if It wasn't raining, his
crops would he burnt np; If R was oold.
It made him buy coal; If It was not he
had to waste money on Ice. In feet
nothing ever brought him good, bo f*r
as he could see. Only once was everything
known to be all right with himBut
even tlhen a friend found him
worrying. "What's the matter now