THE SUNDAY OHEGOXIAN. POKTLAm 3IAT 14, 1913.
finest land in the Owyhee delta,
stretching from Nyssa north for four
miles and south an undetermined dis
tance. Hxcesslve Irrigation from the splen
did Owyhee ditch system, lack of car
in handling waste water and utter in
difference to the right of lower own
ers has resulted in drowning about
2500 acres, while impervious clay bar
riers cause the water table to rise con
stantly and threaten destruction to
other thousands of acres.
MALHEUR ACTIVITIES INDICATE THAT
PROSPERITY IS RETURNING IN FORCE
ROSEBURG HIGH BOASTS OF BEST
AMATEUR ORCHESTRA IN STATE
Since Launching of Musical Organization. It Has Been Commissioned for All Functions of Local Moment.
School Principal Is Leader and Director.
Prices of Wool, Staple Output, Are Increasing and Herds of Cattle Move to Higher Grazing Grounds New
Drainage District With Larger Scope Is Organized.
A similar condition is imminent In
the section near Ontario and those peo
ple are forebandedly taking hold and
will soon inaugurate a drainage sys
tem comprising 15,000 acres, stretching
from Ontario to Mallett, about half
way to Vale.
While this condition might have
waited several years before develop
ing, the construction of the Ontarlo-
Nyssa pumping system Irrigating 6000
acres of excellent land from Snake
River, near Nyssa, to a point about
seven miles east of Vale, rendered the
danger from sub-Irrigation more im
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VALE, Or., Mar 13. (Special.)
Returning prosperity, predicted
and proclaimed for the past two
years, seeema about to appear in Mal
heur County.
Wool, the grreat staple which has
done more than anything else to repel
the evil of psychological prosperity,
is soaring- and great hopes are built
on coming season prices. The tremen
dous snowdrifts in the deep canyons
and on the higrh hills assure grass in
plenty for the shepherd's flock and in
spire hope for fat mutton and long
fleeces this season.
While hundreds of carloads -were car
ried to markets last Fall, it is expect
ed that the Assessor will find more
sheep than ever in the county.
In the sections where cattle predom
inate large herds are moving from the
depleted feeding grounds in the valley
to th higher grazing fields, their
owners leaving a goodly store of
ducats with the valley haygrower.
Malheur and Owyhee valleys ar
Project One of FHrst.
Stretching from Malheur Canyon, 16
miles above Vale, to the Snake River
at Ontario lies 35.000 acres of fertile
land, of which 13,000 acres is under
cultivation from the normal flow of the
Malheur River without storage reser
voirs. This irrigation project was ono
of "the first proposed by th Govern
ment, but through unfortunate misun
derstanding between the settlers and
the reclamation officials it was aban
doned.
The evolution of th present district
law, meditations of 10 or 20 years,
cooler Judgment and, above all. knowl
edge acquired by both settler aTnd rec
lamation officials, have started the
community on the right track: Co-op
eration among themselves and from
thence to co-operation with the iVv
ernment or state.
Klectlong will be held In June to de
termine on the formation of a district
embracing this valley land and looking
to the construction of a great reser
voir at the Warmsprlngs, 80 miles
above Vale. Government engineers as
well as private experts pronounce this
the cheapest and most feasible project
In America. A cost of per acre-foot
will store 120.000 acre-feet. The -nor
mal flow of the river will take care of
all of the land for two months April
and May. Half enough will flow for
June and there will be then 120,000
acre-feet ready to be passed down to
the head gates for the remainder of
the season. Another season, therefore.
will in all probability see many new
families at work under this system.
Private PToJeet Xot Completed.
Another district proposition Is on foot
with a certainty of inltiat success, on
what Is known as Bully Creek. Five
years ago a private promotion scheme
was initiated on this system embracing
about 30,000 acres of fine bench land
between the Bully Creek and Willow
Creek slopes. The price was $80 per
acre. Hard times prevented a complete
and immediate success of this venture
and many of the settlers have scat
tered.
The company built, or began to build.
a diversion dam, failing to complete It
in 191o. In its unfinished state It was
nearly washed out this Spring. The tre
mendous rush of water from the high
hills carried 3000 second-feet into the
diversion reservoir and out through the
gates, enough water' for 18. 000 acres.
Twice has this occurred this Spring,
and the real run-off is not until April.
With the diversion dam completed and
the big storage reservoir at Lam ber
son'fl, about two miles above Westfall.
holding 75.0OO acre-feet, this part of the
great basin will be made to produce
fruit and corn in boundless quantities.
The Willow Ritfer Irrigation Com
pany, having a big dam on Willow
River and another at" Pohl Creek, has
developed a splendid fruit and corn
country at and below Brogan. Through
long and expensive litigation the com
pany has failed to accomplish the good
expected from it. It has, nevertheless.
Induced the planting of more than 4000
acres and much of this is In fruit.
Litigation has gone somewhat
against this company and one of the
older contestants has secured a decree
giving 38.000 acre-feet of the flood
waters. This decree, represented by S.
E. C. Brainerd, of Payette. Idaho, has
resulted in the active attempt to or
ganize an irrigation district compris
ing 10,000 to 15.000 acres from Brorfan
down Willow River, taking all valley
land not covered by the Willow River
Company. This proposition has the
backing of W. J. Scott, C. H. Oxman.
Frank O'Neill and othe pioneer farm
ers on Willow River and its success is
assured.
100,000 Acres Involved.
Thus the three district organizations
practically certain of organization this
Spring will eventually bring into use
nearly 100.000 acres of the best land in
Malheur County and equal to any in the
great Snake River basin, of which they
are part.
Regarding the quality of land and its
possibilities from Brogan and across
the Bully Creek benches may be cited
the expert testimony in the case of
Douglas Smith et al. vs. S, M. Willis,
Mr. and Mrs. Willis owning an 80-acre
orchard at Brogan
AV. N. Yost, an Idaho orchardlst and
large applegrower. and who was one of
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ROSEBURG. Or.. May IS. (Special)
The Koaeburg High School
probably boasts of one of the
most efficient amateur orchestras in
Oretron. It comprises 23 pieces and
hardly a nlpht passes but what it is
engaged In furnishing music for some
local function. The orchestra was or
ganized a year ago. It is under the
Krohn. violin: C. It Cleaves, violin;
Genevieve Bemls. violin; Ernest Arun.
del. violin; Andrew Smith, violin;
James Campbell, clarinet: Clyde Car
stens, clarinet: Waldo Marsters. cor
net; Claude Crocker, cornet: Clifford.
Bemls. cornet; Harold Zimmerman,
ito; William Bailey, flute; Everett
Tester, flute, and Otto Troxel piccolo.
leadership of F. C. Fitxpatrick. princi
pal of the hlsh school. Following are
the members of the orchestra:
F. C. Fitzpatrlck. director: Walter
Hercher, trombone; Herbert Carswell,
trombone; Leo Rapp. trombone; Stella
Krcnn. piano: Mildred Henry, 'cillo:
Karl Burr, drums; Bernlce JurKens.
Violin; Marcus Rice, violin; Helen
corners, apple corners, in regard to pro- !
ducing excellent quality, that I have
peen anywhere, n ot even excepting
Yakima, Hood River or Wenatchee. and
my own place at home."
Said Mr. Witherspoon. of the Oregon
Horticultural Commission: "Regardlns
the Delicious apple, I was surprised to
find trees of that age in this community
bearing like these. The pear trees are
in better condition than any pear or
chard I have ever seen. I have been
throuRh the peach orchard and con
sider It the finest I have seen; there Is
a most remarkable crop of peaches on
tne trees.
There are 25.000 acres of such land In
je tnree pnjecta. The latt develop
ment of the corn industry has added
new hopes, to the future .f the county.
Alfalfa sad fruit have been proved, and
now a heavy production of corn is cer
tain, and Its need for water far less
than alfalfa. The land is here, the
water is available, but lack two neces
sities money and men. We hope to
induce both to come to us and we are
sure that success will attend Intelligent
effort.
Still another project awaiting the ad
vent of some person or persons who can
realize the possibilities of the county
is what is known as the Star Mountain
project. 40 miles from Vale on Cotton
wood Creek. This creek has delivered
more than 30.000 acre-feet this season.
There are 5000 acres Immediately con
tiguous to the dam site, and this site is
only SO feet in width. The dam will
hold 20,000 acre-feet at this elevation.
The cost of the' dam would be no more
than US, 000. It seems almost incon
ceivable that so available sites as this
one and the Warm Springs have not
been built long since. The reasons are
good but the story long. The fact re
mains that rney are so and can be seen
at any time.
completely cleaned of hay. The prices
paid were from $6 to 17.50 in the stack
on the feeding ground. Some growers
have realized as much as $10 for alfal
fa five years old.
Those matters that are in embryo
and almost certain to come to early
fruition are drainage and irrigation.
The' Xyss a-Arcadia drainage district
has been organized. Vsing rather too
much haste In their first efforts, set- the organizers of the North Pacific
tiers called a halt to reform their dis- Fruit Distributors, said: "I consider
trlct and enlarge Its scope. This dis- the little knolis around Brogan to be
trict will Include 6000 acres of the one of the best and most valuable fruit
If Seven Hens Lay 5 1-3 Eggs
Daily, How Many ?
Cotttn Grave, rhlrkea Fancier Be
lieves 420 In Ttt Uaya From Scrub
Chickens In Kecord.
iOTTAGE GROVE, May 13. (Spe-
I clal..) If seven nens lay 5 1-3
" " eggs a day, how many days will
it take seven hens to lay 420 eggs?
That sounds like an example from an
old arithmetic, but the problem is ot
interest In connection with an egg
laying record made by seven hens
owned by a well-known Cottage Grove
man, who, from reasons of modesty,
asks that his name be not mentioned.
He has seven hens which laid 4-0
eggs in 79 days, and are still at it.
which he thinks surpasses any records
that have recently been published in
the papers. This is about five and one-
third eggs a day. Although this man
a well-known chicken fancier, the
hens that made the record are scrubs.
PEDDLER'S KISS COSTS $50
Pica of Gratitude Falls to Win Court
From Assault Charge.
CHICAGO, 111., May 3. Gust Kekos,
of 1460 West Van Buren street, peddler
of vegetables, didn't intend to be rough
with Miss Henrietta Piatt, or to kiss
her on the lips, he said. He was simply
extremely grateful to her because the
Platts were among his first customers
four years ago when he began to ped
dle, and he endeavored merely to kiss
her hand.
Miss Platfs brother. Robert, told Po
lice Magistrate Kendall, of Oak Park,
that his sister's throat bore traces of
finger marks which Kekos had made,
and the peddler was fined $50 on a
charge of assault and battery.
The Piatt residence is at 93S South
Clinton street. Oak Park.
ache, but said it wasn't like any other
stomach ache, that their insides and
their tongues burned. In a few mm
ules the mother came In and the littl
ones appealed to her and told her thejr
had been eating Easter eggs. She
thought of the tablets and In the front
room on the bed she Xound the empty
bottle.
She caught the babies In her irml
and ran to the Emergency Hospital,
where the stomach pump was used on
both children. Then physicians ad
vised they be taken to the Episcopal
Hospital and kept under observation.
This was done and the little ones wr
again given antidotes and kept under
observation.
They became so much better the next
day that the mother begged to take,
them home with her, and after releas
ing the hospital of responsibility sha
carried them off.
The family had a happy day. Mrs.
Depew rejoicing in the escape of her
little ones. She left them with a light
heart the next two mornings and went
to work.
On the fourth afternoon Howard
called his grandmother and begged her
to hold him. He said he wu burnlnr
inside. She gathered the child in her
arms and suddenly he gapped, threw
bark his head and died.
The mother Is agonised not only by
the death of her youngest child, but
by the possibility of losing her other
one. The family is very poor and the,
mother has -only her earnings to de
pend upon.
Twelve Grandparents on List.
BEDMI.NSTER, Pa.. May 6.' Grand
fathers, grandmothers. great-grandfathers
and great-grandmothers are
common to lJttle Wllmer Harold Frets,
of this place. The list of living ances
tors, follows: Two grandmothers. Mrs.
William K. Frets and Mrs. Reuben K.
Strouse: three great-grandmothers.
Mrs. Haxry Frets. Mrs. Reuben Roth.
Mrs. George Mood: two great-grand-
"EASTER EGGS" ARE FATAL
Two-Year-Old Child Dead as Result
of Mistaking Poison for Candy.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2. One two-
year-old child Is dead and his four-year-old
brother Is in danger ot death
as the result of eating bichloride of
mercury tablets In mistake lor master
eggs.
Little Howard Depew died In convul
sions at his home after hia mother and
grandmother believed the poison to
have been eliminated from his system.
His brother Roland, while apparently
perfectly well and ignorant of his baby
brother s death, may share nis late.
TV. .-tl. n u-. r-u nlivln. in the
front ,-nom of their home while their h"er. Mrs. Samuel Snyder and Mrs.
mother, who has been deserted and who Jefferson Mood: two grandfathers,
supports her little ones by working in
a mill, was out at her employment.
Suddenly Roland spied some small
candy Easter eggs on the mantel shelf
! and scrambled up on the bed to get
them. Near the eggs was a oottie
with five bichloride of mercury tablets
in it, and It Is the belief of the mother
that It must have come down with the
mantel drapery in the children's efforts
to get the candy.
The youngsters were delighted with
their luck in finding more eggs than
they had believed were on the mantel,
and the baby crammed four of the tab
lets into his mouth. Roland says he
ate the remaining one.
The children played for a while and
then both ran crying to their grand
mother. They complained of a stomach
WtUam K. Frets and Reuben K,
Strouse: two great-grandfathers, Harry
Frets and George Mood; one great-great-grandfather,
Joseph Miller.
Sleepwalker Freores Feet.
MARYSVILLE. Ky.. May 8 While
walking In his sleep J. T. Wagoner, the
16-year-old son of Harvey Wagoner
of Bourbcn County. Jumped from the
second-story window of his home and
In his bare feet and . night garment
tramped one mile in the ice and snow
to the residence of Watt Kiser. and.
knocking on the door, was admitted.
He did n-t awaken until after his re
moval to his home. His feet were badly
frostbitten and he Is suffering from
the shock
NEED TO REMEMBER BIBLE IS GOD'S WORD CITED IN SERMON
Gideons Request Publication of Talk by Rev. Oliver S. Baum, of Calvary Presbyterian Church.
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For this cause also thank we God with-
out ceasinK. because, when ye received the
ird of God -which we heard of us, ye re
reived it nt as th word of men, but as
It is in truth, the word of God, which
effectually worketh also ia you that be
liuve. I Thess, 2:13.
THIS passage of scripture In itself
is a reminder of an imperative
need in our lives. "We rte.d to
remember when handling the Bible we
are not handling tho word of men, but
,hA wnr-H of Ood. f W
The question arises.
Is there any such
thins: as the real
word of God ii the
world? Says Bur
rell, there is & strong
presumption in its
favor. If there is a
O o d anywhere in
the universe, and 11
we are his children,
he would not leavt
us in the dark with
regard to the greal
problems which havt
to do with our spir
itual aikd eternal
life. If an earthl
father speaks to hisRev. Oliver S. Baum
children regarding
the problems of their earthly lives
and discloses to them his purpose and
his will in regrard to their lives, is it
unreasonable to suppose that our Heav
enly Father would do anything less
than that?
riato lamented that he was adrift
tipon a raft upon an open sea. with
no rudder nor star above to g"uide him,
yet, pasran thougrh he was, ventured
the hope that in pood time "the gods
would give us a staunch boat to sail
in."
These thing's express a universal in
stinct and a universal belief. If there
is a God. he must reveal himself to
his children. The presumption there
fore is, there must be in the world a
clear and authoritative word of God,
Where is it? Well, our Bible claims
to be that word of God. It lays claim
to beingr inspired and that word the
opneustos means "breathed of God."
"All scripture is given by inspiration
of God and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruc
tion in righteousness, that the man of
God may be perfect, thoroughly fur
nished unto all grood works." The Bible
also tells us definitely as to the meth
od of the inspiration. "For the proph
ecy came not in old time by the will
of man. but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost." Nov can this claim be sub
stantiated by what we know, and if
so, what are the things in its favor?
I.
The very character of the boolc puts
it in a class all by itself.
Bills of many denominations are
printed at Washington, D. C. some
1-Qollar bills, some 6. 10 and 100-dol-lar
bills, but there is thread woven
into the textures of the paper so subtly
fixed there that it cannot be counter
feited. So there runs through tKe
whole Bible, from the first book to the
last book, a divine thread which is so
! evident as not to be questioned, and
which proclaims and establishes the
genuineness of the Bible as the word
of God, and no other writinsrs ever
have approached this characteristic
Sclene Fouil In Rllile.
(a) We have certain scientific state
ments in the Bible in an age when
there was no science. Moses tells us
that ir the becinninsr, the world was
without form and void. A German
scientist has said Moses was a great
geologist. Wherever he got his knowl
edge, he has not been contradicted in
putting plant life nrst. Whence came
this to Mopes? At a time when the
wisest of men were saying the world
was supported by a great giant srand
ing on a tortoise and elephant, what
led Job --.j say, "He stretcheth out the
north over the empty place, and hang
eth tKe earth upon nothing?" Why
does the Bible, before the days of tele
scopes, speak of the stars as beyond
number to be counted? The telescope
came and it waa discovered that there
were 20.000,000 suns In the milky way. I
(b) Then there is the word of proph
ecy. Strong bibical scholars make the
claim that the fall of Babylon. Greece
and Rome, as well as their rise and
progress, wis mentioned in the Bible
hundreds of years before it happened.
One scholar says that the Bible named
Cyrus before he was born and said
that he would be sent to destroy Baby
lon. Another says that 200 years be
fore Alexander was born, the Bible
said he would be the first king of
Greece.
Tyre's Destruction Foreran.
When Tyre was in her glory, the
Bible prophesied she would be des
troyed. Then think of Egypt in all her
splendor, and remember her fall and
ruin were prophecy regarding the Jews.
For 2000 years the.ce people have been
persecuted. robbed and maitreated
until you wonder how a single branch
can be left on earth. It seems utterly
impossible to destroy them.
Have you ever thought much of this
proposition: "While other nations of
antiquity have passed, the Jew abides?"
There are promises and prophecies in
the Bible which depend upon the con
tinued existence of the Jews, and if
they had perished from the earth you
could not sustain the Bible. Twelve
million or 15,000.000 Jews by their ex
istence today testify to the Bible being
the word of God. It was also prophe
sied that the Jews would return to
Palestine and become agriculturists.
There are more Jews in Palestine to
day than since they came from Baby
lon, and they are buying up the land
and the Zionist movement is attracting
the world's attention. It was also
prophesied that the Jews would . re
ject Christ and the Gentiles would ac
cent him. This has been fulfilled.
Then there are some minor things not
often referred to: For example, going
into the museum at Cairo, Egypt, the
guide points you to the paper reed
(papyrus) that centuries ago grew on
the banks of the Nile. He then reminds
you that it no longer grows there, and
adds this la the fulfillment of prophecy.
How did Isaiah know, centuries be
fore, that the time would come when
the papyrus would not grow any longer
on the banks of the Nile? Then the
tourist goes into the museum at Con
stantinople. You are shown the Siloam
inscription discovered by excavation at
Jerusalem in 1880. verifying records in
K.ings and Chronicles. Going into the
British Museum, you see the Moabite
stone, which also verifies the records
in Kings.
It used to be said by hostile critics
of the Bible that the battle of the four
kings was a'fable, until the spade dug
up a royal library In the valley of the
Euphrates, bearing date of 640 B. C
wherein was shown the names of the
four kings.
The Vitality of the Bible.
The Bible appears all the more won
derful, says Van Dyke, when we con
sider that it is the work of et race not
otherwise potent or famous in litera
ture. Josephus is a fairly good his
torian, but not comparable to "Hereto
tus. Thucydides, Tacitus or Gibbon. The
Hebrews are not lacking in talent, but
why is it in a world of literature, the
only thing that countsis the Bible?
v ho gave the book its -itality? The
book of Job was written before Cadmus
brought his Greek letters into Greece.
The book of Job was 8000 years old
when our Chaucer first "opened the
springs of English undefiled." The
book of Ruth was 2500 years old when
America was discovered, anil millions
read these and the other books and
find them as fresh as the morning. This
book carries in its life the secret of
perpetual youth.
Shakespeare's words are applicable
here: "Age cannot wither nor custom
stale its infinite variety." The ordin
ary textbook lasts 10 or 15 years, and
the encyclopaedia Is out of date after
16 or 20 years, but this book lives on
youthful forever. How is this to be
accounted for?
The Pruksm and Candor of the Bible
and Evidence It !Vao e-rer
Written br Man.
(a) There la In the Bible an ex
pressed hatred for sin. This is not'
human. Man does not hate sin. He
rolls it under his tongue as a sweet
morsel, and this strong antipathy to
wards evil would never have been writ
ten by man alone.
b) The portrayal of character Is not
as man would have written. "Paint me
as I am," said Cromwell. Human paint
ers or writers do not do this. The
Divine Word docs. While the Bible
speaks of David as a man after God's
heart, it also discloses his sin of mur
der and adultery.
The Effect of the Bible.
(a) The inspiration which it gives
men. A legend of St. Dunstan says:
"On a certain day. as he sat reading
from the scripture In his cell, the harp
which hung against the wall sounded
without hands, for an angel played the
gaudeate animl to the great delight
and solace of that holy man." The
legend becomes fact in man's life, for
many in reading the scriptures have
had visions and heard music which
could never come from merely human
sources. Whatever we find in the world
of achievement that bears the mark of
greatness has the Biblical inspiration
for its beginning. In sculpture, there
is Donatelto's David; there is Michael
AnRelo's Moses; in painting. Raphael's
Ktstine Maaonna ana Aiuriuios noiy
Family: in music, Bach's Passion and
Handel's Messiah: In poetry, you have
Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's
Paradise LobL Emerson says that
Shakespears leans on the Bible. Mat
thew Arnold says that Milton wrote in
the great style drawn from Biblical
sources. George Eliot says of Ruskin,
"he teaches with the inspiration of a
Hebrew prophet."
A volume of 300 pages has been pre
pared containing Biblical passages in
Rusktn's writings. "The Bible." lays
Ruskin. "was strictly conclusive and
protective to me in all my modes of
thought." Hallam says Bunyan was
father of the English novel. His great
work, "Pilgrim's Progress." as every
one knows, is based on the Bible. We
all know how Tennyson and Browning
leaned upon the Bible. In just one of
Browning's poems, "The Ring and the
Book," there are about 600 allusions to
the Bible. Maeauley. referring to the
statesmen of Elizabeth's day. says,
"their eloquence was the eloquence of
men who had lived with the first trans
lators of the Bible and with the auth
ors of the book of Common Prayer."
Perhaps there never has been so much
power and pathos and sublime elo
quence compressed into 267 words as
those uttered by our own Lincoln in his
Gettysburg speech. We all know how
Lincoln's two books were the Bible and
Pilgrim's Progress. What does that
sentence "with malice towards none
and charity for all" remind you of?
Bible Affects Conscience,
(b) Some books appeal to the intel
lect, some to the sense of humor, some
to the dramatic, but the Bible appeals
especially to a man's conscience. It is
spoken -of as "the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the spirit, which is
the word of-God." It cuts as & sword:
pierces to the "dividing of the Joints
and marrow." A young man wrote to
his father from college. "I have found
that I have to give up my vices or
srive un my Bible.
The Bible is also a book of comfort.
Charles IL Spurgeon said. "I have
tested the word of God in great physi
cal pain, and there is no pillow lor i
aching head like a promise from the
word of God." Dr. Haldeman tells of
a man who was found with a broken
heart, and be said "Give me the Bible
to lay my head upon." They said.
"What do you want to lay your head
upon that hard thing for?" He re
plied. "It is the only place that has a
voice saying 'Come unto me. all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and I will
give you rest.' " How many heart
have been comforted by the Hlh chap
ter of St. John. Ian McLaren said
he read these verses at almost every
sick bed he attended, and he never
repeated them without a new and pro
founder sense of their meaning. Fa
ber said of the Bible. "It lives on the
ear like music that can never be ior-
gotten like the sound of church bells.
Its felicities often seem to be things
rather than words."
Kaulbach's great cartoon represents
Luther holding up an open Bible like
some Statue of Liberty enlightening; the
world. It is a true conception. "Take
our own country," says Seward, "the
existing Government of this country
could never have been In existence
without the Bible," Count Okuma. the
Japanese Premier, said at the celebra
tion of the 60th anniversary of the
beginning of Christian missions In
Japan: "Modern civilization has its rise
in the teachings ot the Sage of Ju
tlea, in whom alone we find the dy
namic of moral progress." Where the
Bible has not gone there Is darkness
Where it has sane and been heeded,
there ia light.
Christ spoke of the Bible as th
truth, as the word of God.
If Christ believed the Bible to be
the word of God, this is ground enough
for me to believe It also. There is
also a scripture statement given by our
Lord that fills us with hope and with
great encouragement. It is found in
the 10th chapter of St- John's gospel
and the 35th verse. "The scripture
cannot be broken." What a comment
the past centuries make upon this word
of Christ! The Bible, untouched, un
scathed by fire or by sword, abides In
all of Its fullness still.
Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith's
door.
And heard the anvil ring the vesper
chime.
And looktnp; In I saw upon the floor
Old hammers worn L beating years of
time..
"Hfw many anvil, have you had." ..id I.
To wear and batter all thce hammer
ao ?"
"Just on.," said he. and then with twlnkllsc
eye,
"Th. anvil wears the hammer out. y
know."
And so. thoocht I. th. anvil of Cod's word
For wires skeptic blow, havt baat upon.
Yet. thou.h th. aolH ot tailing- blow, was
heard.
The aavil is uahannsd, tha hamznars goas.
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