Show HI STUDY AT Y 1 M. M C. C A. A Nothing can be he more helpful than tha that course of or Bible DIble study that ha has been provided by the Young Men Mens Christian as association of or this city Ther are only half hair a a. dozen books in th the world which are really nece necessary sary an anthe and the Bible Dible admittedly stands at th the head hend of or the list This is not the ipso dixit of ot a religionist maybe maybe more mores u SI t. t of 11 fn formed men The Th rim Bible stands stanlIs at th the ver very head of or all literature to which the people of or Christendom have ha access ac ac- ac- ac cess No 10 other book not book not all the other other oth oth- er books books provide provide so rich a feast o othe of the purely purel literary quality None has ha hasso so Sc much of or th the b beauty auty of or poetry an annone and amid none mione approaches the lie Bible In iii th the strength of oC expression As history it completes the reasons for acceptance and anti peculiar value lle Besides l es the Bible long ago became becam the test lest te t of or cultivation Xo No o one ca can pretend to an acquaintance ith lit lit lit- with sith history with geography or with politics who ho does not know kno and y the luo tho Bible There Thero were years in the tho beginning of or the century just clo when closed whon ed it Was as the fashion t to toI I ignore nore the he Bible But But that time passed passed pass pass- ed and the peoples who affected th the infidel sentiment proved by their disastrous disastrous dis- dis dis- dis failure allure and antI the disaster which those hose failures brought upon their nations nations na na- na- na lions ti the lie c folly of Ignoring so vital a an essential For that great hook book Include includes within Its co covers cors rs tho the whole range o olife uC of life liCe the whole b gamut mut of oC human emotions emo emo- lions ions and anti las passions lons the whole range rang of cit philosophy I Young men especially should join I in that study which the Young Mens Men's Christian association has Imas provided Throughout all nil their lives it will be a source soul of oC rich gratification to lo them that the they are arc familiar with the classic class of or classics t the IC Book of Books nooks Their Thel knowledge will be enriched The Their view will be widened lI Their taste wi wibo will willbe bo be cultivated Their sense of or reverence will bo be increased cl rhey They will find that tha thatto to know the Bible Dible Is a n r requirement o of oC inestimably and antl at- at atthe the same time a of unfailing delight |