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PAGE NO. TWO.
THE PALATKA NEWS, PALATKA, FLA.,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 191g
THE BIBLE.
From "The Making of a Man" by
William Jennings Bryan.
Next to the belief in God I would
place the acceptance of the Bible as
the word of God. I need not present
arguments in its support; its claims
ed, able to make as good a book to
day. Judged by human standards, man
is far better prepared to write a Bi
ble now than he was when our Bible
was written. The characters whose
words and deeds are recorded in the
Bible were members of a single race;
they lived among' the hills of Pales
tine in a territory scarcely larger
than one of our counties. They did
not have printing presses and they
the schools;
acKecl tue learning 01
have been established the burden of ! they had no great libraries to consult,
proof is upon those who reject it. I no steamboats to carry them around
Those who recnrd it as a man-made ! the world and make them acquainted
book should be challenged to put their with the various centers of ancient the grave and they have set up warn
theory to the test. If man made the civilization; they had no telegraph I ings at every dangerous point along
Bible, he is, unless he has degenerat- wires to bring them the news from I the path.
the ends of the earth and no news
papers to spread before them each
morning the doings of the day before.
Science had not unlocked Nature's
door and revealed the secrets of rocks
below and stars above. From what
a scantily supplied storehouse of
knowledge they had to draw, compar
ed with the unlimited wealth of infor
mation at man's command today!
And yet these Bible characters grap
pled with every problem that con
fronts mankind, from the creation of
the world to eternal life beyond the
tomb. They have given us a diagram
of man's existence from the cradle to
We turn back to the Bible for the : world is accepting as Saviour and as
Ten Commandments which &m fte j thePcrfExle.
foundation of our statute law and for i .gtg produce a better Bible than ours,
the Sermon on the Mount, which lays jj tjlejr calli Lct them collect the
down the rules for our spiritual begt of tlejr school to be found among
growth. The Bible gives U3 the story tj. ffraduates of universities as ma-
of the birth, the words, the works,
the crucifixion, the resurrection and T f ti1B numbers of this selected
the ascension of Him whose coming groun travel where they will, consult
was foretold in prophecy, whose ar- sucn libraries as they please, and em
rival was announced by the Angel j everv modern means of swift
voices, singing Peace and Good-will communication. Let them glean in
the history of Him who gave to the tne fiel(is o geoi0gy, botany, astron-
woriu a coae or moraniy superior iu biology and zoology, ana men
unyining mat uie wunu iii-u tvo
known before or has known since
the thrilling story of One who is the
growing figure of all time, whom the
they please and from every land.
kimsF&sm til m.1 k
iTjrn
For Every Member of
the Family Gifts That
Will Prove Lasting Re
membrances of the Oc
casion, and Add Comfort
and Dignity to the Home
This store was never so well supplied with Gift-Giving Furniture as this
season, and prices are within the reach of every purse. We shall appreci
ate a visit from you and a look through this large stock. You will be un
der no obligations to buy. Won't you call and let us show you how
well we are prepared to supply your Christmas needs ?
ROYAL REST CHAIRS
The
"Push Button"
Kind
Finished in 0;ik, Finned
or Early English, and up
holstered in mule skin,
guaranteed not to stick.
These are the most com
fortable Morris Chairs
made, and are exception
ally suitable as Holiday
Gifts.
$19.75
and up.
Reed and Rattan Rockers
Our stock of Easy Rockers
is exceptionally large. Almost
any kind and style of chair
for the home can be had at
this store, at prices surprising
ly low. Be sure to see our
stock of
Chairs, Living
Room Suites and
Davenports
Any style or finish you may
wish is here awaiting your
demand.
WE HAVE A LARGE DISPLAY OF
Dining Room
Furniture
In all the popular finishes, Early English,
Fumed Oak, Golden Oak and Jacobean
Suites and Odd Pieces as you may desire.
Round Tables, up from $.12.50
China Closets up from 16.50
Buffets, up from 20.00
9-piece Bungalow Dining Room
Suites, $09.50 and up to $200.00
RED
CEDAR
CHESTS
find a ready welcome in
almost any home. We
have them in several
sizes priced from
$15.00
UP.
EVERYTHING FOR
BABY'S COMFORT
We are specially prepared for the com
fort of the little ones. Our stock of Baby
Cribs, Kiddie Koops. Chairs, Walkers and
Nets will enable you to find just what
you want for the Utile one.
Children's Rockers, from 75c to $4.00.
Hiiih Chairs, from 2.00 to $5.00.
Bnliy Finis, from $6.50 to $15.00.
Kuhlie-Koop, complete with mattress and
net, $18.00.
Go Carts and Feed Carriages. 1 to $35 each.
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SPECIAL SUGGESTIONS
Sectional Book Cases Dinner Sets Aluminum Ware
Chiffoniers and ChifTerobes, Toy Ranges, Portable Electric Lamps
Sweetheart Swings Library Tables' Buck's Gas Stoves
HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINETS
J. H .Ifelverton , Jr.
Palatka, Florida.
roam at win wnerever sucmc no
opened the way; let them take ad
vantage of all the progress in art and
in literature, in oratory and in history
let them use to the full every in
strumentality that is employed in
modern civilization. And when they
have exhausted every source, let them
embody the results of their best in
telligence in a hook and offer it to
the world as a substitute for this Bi
ble of ours. Have they the confidence
that the Prohphets of Baal had in
their God? Will they try? If not,
what excuse will they give ? Has man
fallen from his high estate, so that
we -can not rightfully expect as much
of him now as nineteen centuries ago?
Or does the Bible come to us from
a source that is higher than man
which?
But our case is even stronger. The
opponents of the Bible can not take
ItJlU;e in tne pica tnai. niMii io
grading.. They loudly proclaim that
man has grown and that he is grow
ing still. Thev boast of a world
wide advance and their claim is found
ed upon fact. In all matters ex
i cept' in the science of life, man has
i made wonderful progress. The mas
I tery of the mind over the forces of na
ture seems almost complete, so far do
' we surpass the ancients in harnessing
the water, the wind and the lightning,
i For ages, the rivers plunged down
the mountain-sides and exhausted
their energies without any apprecia
ble contribution to man's service; now
thev are estimated as so many units
of horse-power and we find that their
fretting and foaming were merely a
languaee which they employed to tell
us of their strength and of their wil
lineness to work for us. And, while
falling water is becoming each day
a larger factor in burden hearing,
water, rising in the from of steam,
is revollutionizing the transporta
tion methods of the world.
The wind that first whispered its
secret of strength to the flapning sail
is now turninc the wheel at the well.
Lierhtninsr. the red demon that, from
the dawn of Creation, hns been rush
ing down its zigzag Pith through the
clour's, rs 'f intent only upon spread
ing death, havinc been metamorphos
ed into an errand boy, brines us il
lumination from the sun and carries
our messages around the globe.
Inventive genius hns mult'nlied the
nower of the human nrm and sunnlied
the masses with comforts of which the
rich did not dare to dream a few
centuries no. Science is ferretinc
out the hidden causes of disense and
teaching as how to prolong life. In
everv line, excent in the line of character-building,
the world seems to
have been m' de owr. but the mrnrel
ous chancres by which old thincs have
become new only emnhasWe the fact
that- rnnn. t"0. must, be born ngain.
while thev show how impotent are
mtteripl thincs to touch the soul of
mnn and transform him into a snirit
nnl beinif. Wherever the moral stnn
oi rd is being' lifted urj wherever 1'fe
is becoming larger in the vision that
directs it and richer in its fruitage the
improvement is traceable to the Bible
and to the influence of the God and
Christ 6f whom the Bible tells.
The atheist and the materialist
must confess that man ought to be
able to produce a better .book today
than man, unaided, could have pro
duced in any previous age. The fact
that they have tried, time and time
again, only to fail each time more
hopelessly, explains why they will not
why they can not accept the chal
lenge thrown down by the Christian
world to produce a book worthy to
take the Bible's place.
They have prayed to their God to
answer with fire prayed to inanimate
matter with an earnestness that is
pathetic and they have employed in
the worship of blind force a faith
greater than religion requires, but
their almighty is asleep. How long
will they allow the search for the
strata of stone and fragments of fos
sil and decaying skeletons that are
strewn around the house to absorb
their thoughts to the exclusion of the
architect who planned it all! How
long will the agnostic, closing his eyes
to the plainest truths, cry "night,
nignt, wnen the sun in his meridian's
splendor announces that noon is here?
To the young man who is building
character I present the Bible as a
book that is useful always and ev
erywhere. It guides the footsteps of
the young; it throws a light upon the
pathway during the mature years,
and it is the only book that one cares
to have beside him when the darkness
gathers and he knows that the end is
near. Then he finds consolation in
the promises of the Book of Books
and his lips repeat, even when his
words are inaudible, "Yea, though I
walk through the valley of the shad
ow of death, I shall fear no evil, for
Thou art with me, Thv rod and Thy
staff they comfort me," or "I go to
prepare a place for you," "that where
I am. there ye may be also."
(From The Making of a Man.)
Nervous Women.
When the nervousness is caused by
constipation, as is often the case, you
will get quick relief by taking Cham
berlain's Tablets. These tablets also
improve me digestion,
everywhere.
To Take Over Coal Mines
As a result of labor tVoi,(,s
the consequent curtailment of th, ,.
auction of fuel, the coal mlm,s ,'
South Wales will be taken over l,v tl
government. They are to bo ('.(,(
on a military basis, it u believed
that the output will be greatly i
creasen by tlie change. Opposition tol
J""" " s;' "wing in trade ninn
May Deport Belgian Women
It is reported from Fraiiquenmnt
enve n TJiinfm. .1!. .... '
oM,, - ui,lm iinjiiiicn mini Anister-1
nam, uinr rue male inhabitants
TT.. nni.il T . .
ii.i.iHi-u mm i.iuiiiye, iielKinni. be4
tween llie ages of 17 and 50, and alsu
fftvlw niul ii'.iiiifj,, i.. .
iinu uiin-K, lire hi ne deported to (;(.r.
many.
20,000 French Civilians Repatriatid
,A dispateli to the London I r"iiA
News from Home says: "Aceordin ti
the pope's repeated representations
riolmiilllK linn llntilU.l iU .. .
vji wuuii iM'uut'u iiu viiiH'iui that
ail (loiiortod French oiviliiins will b,
returned to their homes before Christ
m n i. Tn nil ..K...i OA ttn . .
ma.-,, in on iiiMiiu vi,uuu persons ara
to ne repatriated.
38 Zeppelins Lost So Far During War.
The two Zeppelins shot down oil
the British coast brings the toi-ii ,,f
destroyed Zeppelins up to 3ts, nivnrd
ing to figures compiled. These air
ships represented an expenditure j
between $19,000,000 and $21 mill
000.
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"Tess,
Dear Friends.
what do you suppose A
strange man tried to kiss me!" Jess
cried excitedly.
"How Interesting! He must have
been a very strange man, dear," Tess
sweetly replled.-Chlcago Herald
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