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Show The Place of the Bible "The Place of the Bible in Character Char-acter and Religious Education" was the subject of a lecture by Superintendent Superin-tendent Adam S. Bennion of the church school system, in College hall. The hall filled rapidly and it became necessary to bring in chairs to accommodate the large numbers who crowded in. The count showed the presence of 1025 auditors. 1 There are two questions to be considered, said Superintendent Bennion, in connection with the them. What is Religious Education? Educa-tion? and What is the Bible? These two questions lead to a third, What has the Bible to do with religious education? "Merely to expose one's self to that volume is no indication of character development," asserted Dr. Bennion- '1 presume some of the worst characters of the world are familiar with their Bibles; the Bible is said to be the favorite book with the criminals in our penal institutions. in-stitutions. The Bible is but a means to an end, and not an end in itself." Heredity is a large factor in determining de-termining what children shall be, stated the speaker. . After inheritance, inherit-ance, there are five institutions that have marked influences on our character, char-acter, the home, the state, the school, industry, and the church. None of these can be ignored. The church ic but one of them. These institutions operate through forces, and a man becomes what he becomes be-comes from three forces: knowledge, knowl-edge, habits, and ideals or attitudes. atti-tudes. There is general agreement that the Bible is the greatest book in the world. All through the middle ages, the Bible was looked upon as the word of God. There are some who believe it to be literally so, now. It is also a history of God's people. It points out their evolution. evolu-tion. There are some parts of the Bible that you would'nt want your boys and girls to read. It must be used intelligently if you would have it serve its purpose in character development. de-velopment. Its importance is shown by the fact that in a survey of literature liter-ature 7000 Bible references are found to 1000 from Shakespeare. In WYl'l, thirty million copies had been sold, and more copies were sold that year in America than of any other book. In religious training there are three fundamental considerations. First, religion involves man's relationship rela-tionship to God; you may build |