Show abridged bible an abridged bible is being advocated one that will contain only tho the vital parts of the great book and that omits hundreds of rages pages of mate mat ter now not hot read at all except by students no doubt such a bible would become instantly popular lax because it would all be interesting and to the point in this age none except students will wado wade through very long books everybody wants the truth boiled down to the very shortest space the great story ot of the cruc crucifixion is told in very few words and all the essentials of the bible for the average person could easily be covered in ono one fifth the pages required tor for the whole work gallipolis tribune |