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Show A WONDERFUL BOOK. J . C. Mabray, convicted as one of the most successful suc-cessful swindlers of the age, and sentenced to the United States prison at Leavenworth, Kan., since his incarceration has discovered that the Bible makes pretty good reading. He has said : "I never knew what a wonderful book the Bible was until I got into jail." We can but express gratification that Mabray has made this discovery, even if it is somewhat tardy. His long and successful career as a swindler swin-dler and his disregard of the precepts of the Good 'Book plainly show that he was not on speaking terms with the characters therein, and that he had not devoted any great amount of time to meditating medi-tating over the Scriptures. He showed himself in his swindling operations to be a resourceful fellow, gifted with more than ordinary ability in the art of separating people from their money; he had no doubt read a great deal of a certain kind of literature, litera-ture, but he had not become acquainted with the Bible. Since he has discovered the merits of the book, we trust he may continue its study. And he ought to have a teacher, too. He will find that he will get a better outlook on life. It is unfortunate that he did not discover what a wonderful book the Bible is a long time ago. Perhaps there are some more people in the world who are as ignorant of the Book as was Mabray. If there are, we would commend Mabray's discovery to their attention. They might escape the term of penal servitude which confronts Mabray if they make the discovery discov-ery first. |