Show BIBLE STUDY STOny AT Y M. M C. C i 1 A. A Nothing can bo be more helpful than han that course of oC Bible BIblo study that ha has been provided by tho the Young Men Mens Christian association of this city There ore are only half a dozen books In th the world which are really necessary and the Bible Dible admittedly stands at th the head of the list This Is not the Ipse l of a u religionist maybe maybe more mor mores more's 8 t Ujo o pity It Itis Is the judgment of oC ull all In Informed lil- lil formed men mon men I Tho The Bible Dible stan sta stands i. i s at nt IK Uie Hie very head of all literature to lo which the people of Christendom have ac ne- ac- ac cess No other book not book not all the other other oth oUt er en books provide books provide so rich a feast o of the purely literary quality None ha has hasso 5 so much of oC the trie beauty of ot poetry an annone and none hone approaches the Bible Dible In th the strength of expression As history i It completes the reasons for or acceptance and peculiar value Besides the Bible Dible long ago ngo bec became becam me methe the to test lost t of or cultivation No one can cai n pretend to lo an acquaintance with wilh hit JIt- with history with geography or 01 with politics who does not know and value the Bible Dible There were ere years In the beginning of oC the tho century Just closed when it was as the fashion to Ignore the Bible But that time passed pass pass- ed and tho the peoples who affected th the mOdel infidel sentiment proved by their disastrous dis dis- failure and the Iho disaster which those failures brought upon their natIons na na- na- na lions the Iho Coll folly of Ignoring so vital anc an c essential For that great grent book Includes include within its covers the tho whole range o olife ot of life the whole gamut gamul of ot human emotions emotions emo emo- and anti passions the whole range of ot philosophy Young men especially should join In that study which the Iho Young Mens Men's Christian association has provided Throughout all their lives aves it will be a source of rich gratification to them that lint the they are familiar wIth the Iho classic of or classics the Book of Books Dooks Thel knowledge will bo 10 enriched Their Thel view Jew le lewill will be bo wl widened enc d Their taste willbe will wll willbe be cultivated Their sense of ot reverence will be increased The They will find that tha thatto I Ito to know lenow the Bible DIble Is a requirement o of oC inestimable l value and at the same amo time a cl possession of unfailing delight |