Show finishes his fiftieth reading of the bible new york physician Is proud of his record bew new tork york 13 ble stones stories never grow old oil to dr william woodward pi pt and bookseller bool seller ot of yonkers who recently completed bis his fiftieth reading read of the bible and cele berated his se seventy seventh birthday at the same time having no favorite passage doctor woodward always the B ble from cover to cover both the new and old testaments As a student of the newton theo logical institution in 1873 doctor woodward began reading the bible A friend told him babl cal passages could be aas ly memorized it if one read them over 20 tines although he had little success in committing the scriptures to memory he became so interested in the B ble he has continued read ng it since that time by 1920 be he had read it 40 times and remembering that by 1934 he would complete his fiftieth year as a mason he decided to make h s readings of the scriptures correspond although he reads leisurely as a rule he orce finished the bible in 18 days devoting as many as 12 hours a day to it he ile regards the bible as the word of god literally true throughout in his own words too many people now and especially in new york city read the bible solely to disprove its truths II 11 there were fewer hypocrites in the christian church there would be less talk about the inaccuracies of the B ble amon among his varied achie achievements cements doctor woodward 1001 s with pride on his degree as doctor of osteopathy his law studies his editorship of the charleston news ard his 60 articles for the enc clo americana |