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Show I MILLIONS OF BIBLES SENT BROADCAST British nnd Foreign Bible Society I Placed tho Holy Book at the Titter-most Ends of the Earth. WASHINGTON', Marcn 6. President r nnd Mrs. Roosevelt, Justice Browor of the United States Supreme court, Sonntor Dolllvcr of Iowa, tho British Embassador Embassa-dor and Lady Durand and many othor persono prominent In official, diplomatic ' and social circles, attended tho services today In commemoration of the ono hundredth hun-dredth anniversary of tho British nnd Foreign Bible society at SU John's Epls- I copal church. , Justice Brewer and Senator Dolllvcr I were tho principal speakers, ; Dr. Danler C Gilman, president of tho I j American Blblo society, presided and D mado a few remarks, In which ho said D that during tho llfctJmc of the British I and American societies they had clrcu- ' latcd JCO.OM.OOO copies o tho Bible nnd I. parts of tho Blblo to tho nations of the W world. W( Justico Brewer said: "It Is scarcoly no- H 1 cossaiT before this audlonco to enter upon II a. eulogy' or defense of the sreat book of books. But this Is tho ao of tho lcono- l clast, when destructive criticism runs f rampant. Some criticism. Indeed, Is rov- . cront and useful that which soeks slm- I i 7ly by correcting wrong translations and f.'l arranging; In chronological order the IT I i matchless truths pf tho scripture 1 "But there arc other critics without , such lofty aim, who stiivo to destroy tho faith of other men simply becnuse It Is Mi j held sacred. I "Tho Iconoclast Is a popular man tc- day. To him the Blblo appears merely as a sort of crazy quilt of untrue history. distorted science, weak poetry, lmprac- I ileal morality and vacuo forcahadowlnjsS i of tho unknown and unknowable. Yot j -we who bclJovo know there are passages In tho Bible unsurpassed In solemn beau- tv in the llteraturo of tho world; that its ideals of morality arc those to which tho best within us Is always aspiring; that Its H promises uro the sweetest and most com- porting that have over come to the tired I hearts of man." ' Justico Brewer declared that the great- est glory of this nation lies In tho fact that ever and always sho has striven to translate into the vernacular of interna- IF tlonal law tho parable of tho good Samar- W) Jtan and tho golden rule. I 1 Senator Dolllver said that tho Bible so- I clcty had contributed more than any oth- I or influence to unite the creeds of Chrls- I tendom Into one grand whole, reprosont-I reprosont-I ing universal Christianity. I' "Ono of the grandest enterprises I ever 1 1 ' heard of any organization." faenator Dol- mi liver eald, "was the offer of this society to j mako a language for a barbarouts people 1 j whose speech had not even attained to 1 I the dignity of an alphabet. Tho society I undertook to first make an alphabet, then II :l translation of the Bible, and finally a It , literature. Certainly tho brnln of man I ' 7ievcr conceived a grander j)hllanthrop!c II purpose." IV 1 LONDON, March 6. The celebration of "Bible Sunday" by tho Bible society at H 1 St. Paul's cathedral today was robbed of H considerable Interest owing to tho absence H of King Edward, who is suffering from a H cold. Queen Alexandra. Princess Victoria H and the Prince and Princess of Wales H drove to tho cathedral and were met at tho west door by the Lord Mayor, the High Sheriff, tho bishop of London and the dean of St. Paul's, ivho escorted them j to a railcd-off portion of the cathedral in H front of tho choir. The archbishop of Canterbury, who preached the sermon, referred rcgretfully ( to the absence of King Edward, and then ' I traced the history of tho Bible society i during the past century- Ho said that i j when people realized the great obstacles 1 of poverty, distance and language -which the society had to overcome In placing the ! sacred book In the hands of every poten- tlal student they would realize that won- uerful work had been accomplished. |