Show finishes his fiftieth reading of the bible new york physician Is proud of his record new york bible stories never dever grow old to dr william woodward osteopathic physician and bookseller of yonkers Ton kers vho aho recently completed his fiftieth reading of the bible and celebrated his seven tyse ty se seventh anth birthday at the same time having no favorite passage doctor woodward always reads the bible from cover to cover both the new and old testaments As a student of the N newton ewton theological institution in doctor woodward began reading tile the bible A friend told him biblical passages could Is le be easily memorized if one read then them over 25 although he had little success in committing the scriptures to memory he became so interested in the bible he has continued reading it since that time by 1925 he be had bad read it 40 times and remembering that by 1031 he be would complete his fiftieth year as a mason he decided to make his readings of the scriptures correspond although lie he reads leisurely as a rule he once finished the bible in 18 days denoting deo ting as many as 12 hours a day to it ue ile regards the bible as the word of god literally true throughout in his own words too many people now and especially in new kew york city read the bible solely to disprove its truths it if there were fewer hypocrites in the christian church there would be less talk about tile the inaccuracies 0 the bible among his varied achlen achievements cements doctor woodward looks with p pride ride on his degree as doctor of osteopathy ills law his editorship of the charleston news and his ry CT articles for the encyclopedia americana |