Organ cfiheNorfh Carolina Conference.
SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR.
RALEIGH, N. C. JULY 11. 1918
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The Bible.
By Bishop William S. Anderson, D.D.
The Bible is the begetter of life ; the uprooter of
sin ; the revealer of God ; the guide of history ; the
fashioner of law; the friend of science; the comfort
in sorrow ; the foe to superstition ; the text-book of
ethics ; the star of death's night ; the light of the in
tellect; the enemy of oppression; the strength in
weakness ; the promise of the future ; the pathway
in perplexity; the illuminater of darkness ; the es
cape from temptation; the forerunner of ciuiliza
Hon; the charter of all true liberty; the inspira
tion of philosophies; the secret of national prog
ress ; the soul of all strong heart life ; the steadier
in the day of power ; the embodiment of all lofty
ideals ; the guide and hope and inspiration of man;
the ornament and mainspring of literature; the
molder ot institutions and governments ; the regu
lator of all high and worthy standards ; the answer
to the deepest human heart hungerings.