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Show Abridged Bible. An abridged Bible is being advocated advo-cated one that will contain only the vital parts of the great book, and that omits hundreds of pages of matter mat-ter now not read at all except by students. stu-dents. No doubt such a Bible would become instantly popular, because It would all be interesting and to the point. In this age, none except stu-t stu-t dents will wade through very long books. Everybody wants the truth boiled down to the very shortest J . space. The great story of the cruci fixion is told in very few words, and all the essentials of the. Bible for the average person could easily be covered in one-fifth the pages required for the whole work. Gallipolis Tribune. |