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Bible Enjoys Postwar
Revival of Interest
World Is Reawakening to Spiritual Values;
Scriptures Source of Inspiration
For Millions of Disconsolate.
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WNC Service, Union Trust Building, "
Washington, D. C. "
Last week I sat down to write a
piece about a man who wrote a book 4(
about the Bible. I thought the book
and its creator were worth more jj
than casual comment because of the
? nature of both creation and creator.
Both are unique. But before I had P
made more than a dozen inquiries in *
search of colateral material for my
article I discovered that the produc- "
tion of the book was news in another Jj
sense. I found it to be more than
another contribution to modern lit
erature and scholarship. I found it *
to be part of a modern phenomenon "
?a phase of what appears to be the
greatest revival of interest in the r
Bible which the world has ever seen. *
George Stimson, who wrote "A
Book Ahout the Bible," is one of
Washington's newsmen whose name ^
is known to many readers of his dis
patches and his column, especially
in the Middle West and South. He is a
known to a smaller circle for the s
profundity of his knowledge on many j
subjects, especially the Bible. I think ,
it more than coincidence that he
completed the work to which he has
given a lifetime of study and devo- ^
tion this year. He may have guessed t
that this period in the world's his- ,
tory which has witnessed the great
est brutalization of humankind ;
, would naturally be followed by a
strong reaction toward things of the
spirit. In any case the arrival of ;
this "Book About the Bible" could {
not be more timely. Lloyd Douglas, 1
author of that gripping work, "The c
Robe," informed me last month that
the American Bible Society has re- ]
ceived the largest order for scrip- '
tures in its 129 years of history, and j
that the distribution of Bibles, New
Testaments and Bible portions by (
this non-profit organization has J
reached the highest level since it
was founded in 1816.
This biggest single order was for
350,000 Protestant scriptures (includ- ]
ing military missals and prayer
books) for the European theater of ,
operations and in addition 500 Ger
man Bibles. 120,000 testaments and <
95,000 "portions" for use with Ger- j
man war prisoners and interned ci
vilians.
Right here in the nation's capital.
Dr. Darby, District-of Columbia sec- ,
retary of the same society, tells |
me that this was the busieJt year j
in the chapter's history. ,
War's Brutalities 1
Bring Reartion
So much for the situation to date. ,
Why is it predicted that this great
revival of interest in the holy writ
in this country is only the beginning
of a movement of world-wide magni
tude. First, there is the obvious
suggestion already mentioned that it
is logical to expect a reaction toward '
things of the spirit after these years
of brutal warfare.
However, there is another answer
which is given by many thought
ful people. They say this: The de
feat of nazi-fascism was the defeat
of an idea as well as a military pow
er. That idea based on a purely
material concept was opposed and
overcome by the western nations
whose philosophy of government as
well as of morals and ethics is based
on the Christian religion.
This triumph of the Christian
democratic ideal has affected dif
ferent people for different reasons
but with the same general result. To
many who yielded to the lure of nazi
fascism its failure revealed its fun
: damental error. Their alluring idol
showed its feet of clay and they
are turning repentingly back to its
| opposite, Christianity.
To many who have been but pas
! sive followers of the Christian teach
ings, the terrible price the world has
paid in blood has been a harsh re- !
minder of their delinquencies. They I
have a renewed zeal in their faith.
To those, of course, who have suf
fered or are bereft, comfort comes
with the contemplation of the scrip
tures, with their hopeful message.
And then there is another explan
ation of this desire to renew and re
inforce their communion with the
word of God. If I may venture into
the realm of the metaphysical let
me quote from an anonymous article
in a pamphlet entitled "Let Freedom
Ring," (also a product of the Amer
ican Bible society).
The author states that Samuel
Smith, author of our patriotic hymn
America," put only one major idea
i bis verses.
"It is God that is the 'author of
iberty'," this article continues.
Liberty does not have its origin in
%an. God has implanted it in man's
reast. Perhaps this is the reason
bat, more than all others in the op
ressed lands, the churches have
tood up before tyranny and rebuked
t . . . perhaps this is the reason
rgent requests are coming from the
iberated lands for the Book of which
bey have been deprived. . . . Chris
ians all over Europe are again
tudying the Bible to learn afresh its
;ssons. . . ."
Whether for these or still other
easons of which we are unaware,
re know that a tremendous renais
ance of interest in the Bible is
weeping the world.
And so it is the good fortune of
he Bible lo'-er, whether he be an
rudite scholar 01 a simple and de
oted reader spelling out the texts
s he goes along, that George Stim
on completed his helpful, mterest
ag, searching and authentic "Book
ibout the Bible" in this particular
ear of our Lord.
"The purpose of the author in writ
ag this book," says Stimson in his
irief introduction, "is to supply re
iable and adequate answers to a
[reat number of popular questions
isked about the Bible."
And that is what he does. Take
he first one: when was Jesus born?
ind the last one: does "mile" occur
n the Bible? Or, how old are the
ildest Bible manuscripts?
And that brings us to the inquiry,
vho is this man Stimson, anyhow?
3e is a man of about fifty, born on
in Iowa farm and is still a keen
ijver of the soil. He worked on his
:ollege (Valparaiso, Ind.) paper and
hen on small town papers, came to
Washington to help edit the "Path
inder" and was on its staff for 10
rears. He is the author of four suc
:essful volumes of popular infor
mation, and still syndicates a unique
ind colorful column called "You'd
Be Surprised."
I wish I could take you into George
stimson's little office in the National
Press building in Washington and
see him toiling at his old-fashioned
roll-top desk.
You will probably find him poking
at his ancient typewriter with two
lingers or running them through his
healthy mane of brown hair while he
cogitates. You might find as a call
sr the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, some foreign diplomat,
a distracted correspondent or some
poor, ambitious girl or boy seeking
advice on a career. In any case you
would be welcomed with a smile and
the chances are you would not leave
without some aid and comfort,
moral or material.
Intrigued by
Bible Through Life
Of course I asked George how he
happened to write "A Book About
the Bible." "Because," he said with
no hesitation, "I wanted answers to
those questions myself." The first
Bible Stimson ever owned- he got
from a mail order house when he
was 15. It was his second "own"
book. The first was "Pilgrim's
Progress." He read them both, by
a kerosene lamp, stretched out on
his stomach on the kitchen table.
Then he began to ask questions?
questions?questions?of his Sunday
school teacher, of the preacher, of
anyone who would listen. How did
Paul look? What about Jesus'
brothers? What became of the lost
tribes of Israel? and many others
which thousands of readers of the
Bible have asked before and since.
The answers weren't so satisfactory
to the young inquisitor and so he
kept on asking. And reading, and
clipping and searching and re
searching.
Nor did he cease to examine the
source of his curiosity. He has read
the Bible from cover to cover at
least 10 times. He has rOad it count
less times if you added up his brows
ings. He has read it twice aloud to
himself.
And now, he gives the world the
answers to the questions he himself
began asking back there in the little
country church, giving them to the
world simply, authoritatively and
completely, at a moment when the
Book which is more widely read
than any other ever printed, is be
ing read more widely than ever, by
a yearning, asking world
j BARBS . . . by Baukhage |
Many new faces are appearing in
the White House these days but the
Old Gray Squirrel on the White
House lawn has made no changes in
his competent staff.
"Farmers are assured equal op
portunity to supply their needs out
of surplus property. . . ." says OW1.
? i Did you ever bear of a farmer who
believed there was such a thing as
"surplus" property?
The Japs said that Germany's sur
render "had not been entirely unan
ticipated.
Russian soldiers in their avid ad
miration of American canned food
ate a number of cans of delousing
powder and died.
They are now transporting fresh
vegetables from Guam to I wo Jima.
Also race horses apd dogs to race
tracks in the United States.