Show i T D R from the Bible was at at atone one onetime tV W time a daily practice in the common common common com com- mon mon schools both in this country and andin andin andin in England But with increased r li I ious toleration and consequent diversity diversity diversity diver diver- sity of thought there arose some teachers teach teach- ers and school officials who objected to this custom Although all are willing willingto to admit that there are many beautiful lessons lessons' of virtue and truth tr th taught in I Iv v I I this bo book k there are differences of opinion opinion opinion ion as to the genuineness of some some parts Since the reading of the scriptures has been dispensed with in the public schools Bible knowledge has b been en conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous con con- among the youth as Bible ignorance Many of the present generation generation gener gener- pass through the common schools the high school the college and the university and ana are turned out highly educated men and women but if in reading a piece of literature th they y should meet a reference to the story of Ruth and Boaz or to the valiant son of Jesse they would be puzzled and wonder why they had missed that in Greek and Latin 1 literature literature i tera ture Such a condition is lamentable Aside from its merits as a teacher of morality the Bible has had more influence on on- mankind than has any other book and besides it is a source of constant reference reference reference refer refer- ence in all standard literature The difficulty that stands in the way of the continued use use of the Bible in inthe the public publics s schools is that teachers are liable to be dogmatic in their discuss discussions ons and wh while le some of the patrons would be perfectly per perfectly per per- satisfied others would feel that they were being imposed upon In order to overcome this difficulty a committee committee com com- tee consisting of Protestants ts Catholics ics Jews and others have been at work for some some time in the city of Chicago compiling from lh the Bible a new book suitable t to th the needs of the school ch chil chil- il- il dren Such parts of the scriptures have been taken as will be a acceptable to the followers of any reli religious ious faith or even evento evento to o an agnostic For convenience in school work th the selections taken are graded the first part of the book hook being adapted to the needs of f the lower grades while the deeper and more complex lessons are placed in the latter part of the book We Ve have not seen this new Bible but from the accounts that are given of it there could be no objection to its its' use in public f r tion A A. A knowledge of Bible literature certainly Js-certainly very desirable |