Show AUTHENTIC STATEMENT loger W special to THE EXPRESS DISCUSSES THE BIBLE AMU FORMOSA PARK MASS MAS S F four ur hundred year ars ngo ago my ancestor inc estor the rov we 0 V john rogers 0 was burned nt at th the c J alake aa in london england on febre iry try 4 1555 to commemorate him and to add some current comments Is my try desire tod ay iy y bible bibles borg wor smuggled into england the rev john roger was morty mortared red tor for his Ws work of rans ns lating toting the bible bille into the gc and circulating tills this complete niblo bible in england do daye r 1 1 w with ith the help of 6 coverdale do 1 tr translated an bated the new now testament rn nt and a portion of the old te testament cament AS ts far as 11 II chr chronicles 0 na when he lie was martyred marty red then john rogers under the assumed namo of matthews completed the bible in its entirety tor for readers in england this was in 1537 7 and he did most of the work in n holland from holland the english imported in arod flour cheese and other food my ancestor arranged with the packers ackers of the barrels and crates crates containing these food products to hide bide a bible among ge the contents and thereby amu smug wd cled these bibles into Erl england glanA when h en he returned to england about ten years later he was arrested and imprisoned in the tower of london finally he was as martyred marty red at smith beld where I 1 1 have seen a bronze marker telling this story of his martyrdom importance of there are many lessons tor for Us from the above experience first Js osithe ithe consecration of the priests and preachers of that day and their willin willingness ness to make any sacrifice including including thelic lives our unwillingness to 5 sacrifice for bur chut chart Ch urt i t and Fait hisa basic difficulty of the US today joday it is it good to see church and attendance increase increase but these fig little unless accompanied by a willingness to sacrifice je jesus 1 us never quoted statistics 11 he demanded that his followers be judged by their works of br righteousness nt would go even further and sa say that the greatness pi every powerful nation has been made possible bya by the peoples sacrifice when ta tb abi i willingness to sacrifice declined the nations economic otren strength jg declined alona along with its spiritual in fact the best het US barometer of ouy our t spiritual a I 1 strength our d dol 01 lar or decreases according coad ln I 1 ito to flur pur willingness to sacrifice i fig ce for what loright is ls right y mul again Agal Teach bible to ta our children r the second lesson applies ito to he the great re ut need of more bible reading ending today odly I 1 when h I 1 was vas 6 oy most I 1 new qc E enn iana fam fam lies were bible reading fam lies illes with daily family pr prayers ars we wi were taught to obey bible teachings and to memorize them 1 1 I believe that we must again I 1 n install the bible as a family Y R guide ld and as our national guide guld atomic bombs will hot not save us any arly mor than the chinese wall saved china or the maginot line saved france this nation is depending too much on mn aerial defense the more wealth we have the better we are tire and through jealousy the more enemies we will wilt have halve only as we practice the bibles golden rule both in national and international affairs can we w e hope to survive the bible is the only bomb which can save america read isaiah chapter 31 what about china and formosa the chinese leaders of today were largely educated in colleges founded by missionaries sent to china by the Chilst laR churches of tho the U S england and our other western alues allies t have visited some of these chinese colleges college and have seen the bible being taught there to the brightest young men of china ahse students were greatly impressed by jesus teachings especially ally by the sermon on the mount As these students matured and became acquainted with the way our businessmen mid omd politicians ceans acted they truly wonder ed it if we are nation students who came i to new york i chicago and other large american cities tor for post gra deate work concluded that we are hypocrites they returned to china saying that the bible is a forgotten book with us the russian communists told them chati our missionaries used our Bib leonly to out put the chinese to sleep while we robbed china chink president eisenhower Elsen hower and secretary daues both bible reading men are tre handicapped by this thu unfortunate dt P UA an r fighting alone will not save formosa formosa and the entire east can be saved only if we stop material success and atomic power powe tand and return to the teachings of the bible |