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.... y .-t , '.. , . j - . " '. . : ' :-. - -' V I i : . . C ' ' ' V " r-.; -V V- ' ' rAi?rF!R'S WEEKLY,FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1920 PAGE THREE THE XNGLI S H Bl B L E rounds and penetrates ail legislation, the .East were absolute despotisms in incidence that like oursand like the It is invisible like the atmosphere which the people eidste only; for! ttie Putch Republic-that, maintained liber- that we breathe and like it is a part glory and the profit of the rulers, in ty against Alva, it consisted of thir- of our existence. ; " ' , Israel alone,' the form of goverriemnt teen states. It may, qr may not be, The New England Commonwealths, Wjfilch; God ordained for) his chosen a mere coincidence in the light of cur- particularly Massachusetts, Connecti- people was a- republic. In their : the- rent anil coming events which are ucti and' lUiode'. Island, which ' were ology, they, held as King an invisible feasting tfieir 'shadows before" that founded' soon after the Authorized God. but in actual practice their rulers in that great constitutional" converi- Version appeared, expressly enacted were chosen by the people themselves, tions in the valley between Ebal and thru their law-making bodies that the It was the wise suggestion of Jethro Gerizim the women had equal yoice ''Word of God should bejhe founda- to Moses at Sinia that to relieve him- with" the men. Weknow this ' that tion and supreme law of the. Com- self .of his responsibilitnes, he should toon after, when Israel was sore op- monwealth." This has not been . fol- "Provide out of al people, able men; pressed beneath the heel ofhe stran- lowed since, in express wordsC but such as fear God, men of truth, hat- ger, Deborah arose a judge over Israel the spirit and teachings of the English ing unjust gain,' and place such over and drove out the oppressor. .: . Bible have been the most potent pow- them, to be" rulers j of thousands, rul- ".And finally brethem I think that 1 er;in shaping legislation. ' , ers J of fifties and rulers of tens."I have, heard that .-. expression some- I would not have time to state on carrying put tnis suggestion, Moses, where I will , leave with you the this occasion the many evidemces oi as you win rememoer, - required tne the influence of the Scriptures in mak- people to elect these . rulers them ing and in the administration of law. selves, saying "take , you. wisa men, One of the most marked is the effect and understanding; and known, ac upon our laws as to"" the status of cording to your tribes, and make them women. Among barbarians woman heads over you." Thus more than! a was a captive in war and a slave. A- thousand - years before Plato dreamed mong all Oriental people, except the of his ideal-republic, there was laid Hebrews, polygamy existed and worn- down the principle' of representative en were subject to purchase and lived and elective government. "Take you" in seclusion. . Among the Angelo- that is'"elect", "out df all the people," Saxons fromhom our laws are in that is in "civil equality," and at the' mam derived, women were cnaueis. same lime moses gave tnem a Doay vlQ--cw jc What property they brought in mar- of statutes, a written Constitution to riage became the property of the hus- whfch the people gave their public band and she herself was subject to assent. chastisement at his will. Among the The Hebrew commonwealth was the Hebrews alone was woman, in that J first established without any monar- distant age, the companion and the chy, the first to have a popular legis- equal of man. The second chapter of lative assembly, the first to ask for Genesis gives, the Hebrew conception the judgment of the people by a Ref of marriage. With the spread, of the erendum, in a general election, the Hebrew, ideals upon this subject-by first to organize government in three the diffusion of the English Version departments legislative, judicial, and of the Scriptures, these , views " have executive the first to prohibit caste gradually, taken form in legislation, or class distinction, the first without Wherever nacanism dominated, worn-1 any aristocracy or nobility and N the an was dishonored and marriage was first to make any provision for popu- a commercial partnership, at its best. J lar instruction. j Wherever the doctrine of the Scrip- It is no. wonder that immediately tures has obtained, woman was glori- following the wide distribution of the fied, and marriage was treated as a scriptures, in the popular tongue, the sacrament. She owes to the Scrip- movement for popular j government tures and to the Scriptures alone; the tobk root and that it has constantly position she holds today in the civiliz- spread from that day to tlis. From ed world. ' . that impulse the! Republic under In the same way our ideas of divorce Cromwell came but a few years after- have, been derived from the declara- wards and tho it was temporarily ov- tions of our savior. ,. Among the erturned under Charles II, England Greeks and Romans,and indeed among practically became; a republic in 1688 all thA nations of former times, di- and has become -more so eacn suc- -A Mastertul Appreciation bv Chief iJustice WaiterFOarlcif - 1 -s' V The following address was delivered I tiquity, in whose famiHar forms of by Chief Justice Clark at the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Raleigh; on May 14, 1911, the occasion being the ter-centenary - celebration ' of th Au thorized version of the Bible. The editor of this -paper stumbled upon it in a volume of the miscellaneous speeches and writings of the Chief Justice, - arid he immediately sought and obtained permission to reproduce it here. It lSva gem that will delight every thoughtful reader and that should be ; studied and preserved in every I household. The address follows:-. ' ' . . ,' ' ; ' ' 'r, .. :-Vj . "I appreciate the compliment of be ing asked, to stand in this place. and say a few words at the commemora tion of the 300 anniversary of the Authorized Version of the Scripture. I deeply regret that what I shall. say .shall be so little .worthy of the occa sion and of the audience. The Poet- Moralist has said that it is "Greatly wise to hold converse with our past hours and ask them what they bore to heaven". What is true of -individ uals in this respect is true of peoples and of nations. -It" is greatly wise for a people to. h.old in . commemoration the anniversaries of the great events which have, shaped their destinies and to take note whether they are keep ing true the helm in the course which was, laid "down -.for --us by our fore fathers on those great occasions. One of the most notable events in the history of the English-speaking race was when the Bible was given to the commonalty by the issuance ei the authorized, version in 1611. There have been few events which have had more marked effect upon j shaping the subsequent career of all jwho speak the English tongue. This s great work undertaken in 1604 and completed in 1611 came at a fortunate moment in the development of our language. It appeared at a time when Shakespeare was putting to x press his immortal "works and but a few vears before Milton wrote. It appeared at a time when the language was in its' happiest form and the Au : thorized Version fixed and congealed it like the breadth of a winter's wind nassine over an artic sea."- It ws Wordsworth who said, "We must be free or die who speak the tongue speech the voices of. ourt forefathers and kindred linger and the inspiration of the Almighty seems to speak as with the majesty -of 'an original ut- terance-i-the English Bible has im pressed Itself with an almost over powering authority upon the Christian heart of today, and is looked upon, in many cases as if it were the actual production of the ancient scribes, and its pages are read and pondered over as containing the ultimate and unal terable expression of divine truths : The Authorized' Version appeared at a most fortunate time not only be-; cause 'i it caught ' the language at its most splendid and perfect stage, of its development and congealed it, but.his- torically it came from the press at a moment when the English people ov erflowing their borders,, were starting upon that era of world k , conquest whose-impetus still abides with us. It was but four years after the found ing of -Jamestown and less than 10 before the landing at Plymouth those two points- from which the"; Anglo Saxon has carried the Bible with him, as jthe shjrine of his hopes, his Ark wa mc ; vsuveuani, wnne cnmDing mountains and crossing great waters, he has founded State after State and has not only reached the ' Pacific, but in the far off continent of Australia and in New Zealand and in India has belted the world with his camp-fires, his language, his laws, and his re ligion. . ' ' ' Competent judges nave said that the Prayer Book of the Church of England! contains the most perfect English of any book that has ever been written. But that has not struck root in the great popular heart like this great Version of the Bible. The Prayer Book has remained' the deliht of the Church that gave it , to the world, and of men of culture, but the King James Version of the Scriptures is the. unquestioned property of every religious body in the Protestant faith that speaks our tongue. In the Au thorized Version of the Bible the dom inant individual force is that Tyndal whose translation, with its vigorous English, was its basis. The Prayer Book in its' English Version, dates much further back to the "Salisbury Use" of 1085, 20 years after the Con- n opinion of two of the world's great- est men as to ' the influence of the ; Protestant Bible of 1611, while it was -J yet. .'new:.;',-''-;- , f-fZ ;'"rjt"'" Said Francis, Lord Bacon: 'fThere was never found in any age; of the -' world, either religion or law, that did ; so highly exalt the public good as the Bible.". .0' ; - ' ' -;::-' Aiid John Milton,1 the author of ;; "Paradise Lost", wrote:" ."Therejare . no songs comparable to the Soilgs of Zion, no ., orations . equal . to those ' of the prophets and no politics like those ; which the scriptures teach." . f. '." We do well to honor this anniversary. of the year that gave it to the world , in our English tongue. . v ' r: ; I Invaluable for Impure Blood and also accom panying disturbances as Pimples Muddy (Complexion Slujgish Liver Lanlaidneaa. etc. ; ' . It is a modern medicine- -produced in a clean, sanitary laboratory by skilled Chemists ' under the personal aaperrision of a Doctor of Pharmacy. It contains medicines which sttr ap the Liver, increasing the secretion of Bile, which 'in turn snakes the Bowels more active. t: Contains Most Beneficial Drugs Egyptian Senna, the mild Butternut Bark; of Root. BlVe Flag. etc.. are need to give the bowels a healthy 'tone and carry off accumulated poisons. " , - Other weir known iniredients -such as Red Clover Top. Spikenard; Black Snake Root, etc, give a general tonic effect improve die appetite tone the, action of the stomach and kidneys. - Iodides have long been recognized as very powerful Iteratrvea or blood onrifiera. Sodium and Potassiam Iodide. aremlso used to make the preparation aaefficacions blood purifier. j Something for the Nerves Whenever the-general condition Of the body is affected the nerval Ua saffar. Sob of the draft oontaiaed ia thi mixtar here m rery bem&cil motion om the oerru. - " All organs of the body seem to respond favorably to tremtiment ol Samparilla tad Bmrdoek Coapni., You owe it td yourself to try it. i W. I. RHOADES, , The McNess Man - '. Route 1, Hays, N. C. x: .1 ASK YOUR DEALER FOR vorce was at the will of the husband. As indeed it was in r the old Testa ment. But under the new dispensa tion this was changed, and the latter ceeding year. The Puritansnn Scot land and these who landed on the! shores of this country were thoroly inbued with these ideas from the dis- view prevails more nearly in the semination of the scriptures, ana tney countries that have the Bible than have been perpetuated in the laws, the anywhere else. Our systems of the judges riding in circuit comes from England where it is said to haye been copied from, the statement that Samuel "went from institutions and constitutions of. the; States which have been founded here. .- Algernon Sydney who gaye his life! on the scaffold for the doctrine that I -a -- A J. 3 " ' . ' a people naa a ngnx, to aepose an It's In the Flavor vear to vear in circuit to Bethel, and unworthy sovereign, which was the , Gilgal and Mispah and judged Israel imperative Kecan, ana wnose name is in all those places. And his return preserved with that of the illustrious was to Ramah. for there was his Hampden in the title of a college in quest. It owes it beautiful rhythm ! "That Shekespeare spake, thd faith ana musical penoas xo xne i-oucn ox morals hold crammer wnose soui ime mat ox j2.ii-. "Which Milton held." Jan. went up to neaven m a garment houge he Jmn our sister state, says that the Hebrew With far more truth and force, this of fire. The late Judge Brewer of the XJnit- Commonwealth, besides the magis- can be said of the Authorized Vergon So completely have the words, the ed s mQ Court' who visited trates of the tribes and cities had of the Bible. A Roman, Catholic of aPKit and the turns of expression of - ; for officers (1) The chief magistrate eminence, Father Faber, wrote, - with the Authorized Version passea into i. Book. who was called a judge, (2) A council truth and beauty "Who will say thatlthe speech of men that it has become its'hiehest ideals composed of elders'. (3) The great the uncommon beauty and marvelous a part of the warp ana wool oi tne nation rises above those congregation or general assembly English of the Protestant Bible is not everyday language of the people, in- . which expressed f the p0pular will. one of the great olds of heresy rvSfthat itS'fi SeUlement like a music that can never De ior i . . , . . , Tmcfnm rt ife ref v,n,ir ia has. rotten, like the sound of church bells of thought ana our manner oi speecn. '".Senate and House of Representatives.! i i a a mi ii 1 1 Vinriricr nations. words. It is part of the .national mind, put; that nan etmngs tnat w - - . pleased. Tho He Himself selected the and the anchor of the national serf- were oorrowea oy '",A ; aH w . earlier kings, the history of Israel un- ousness. Nay, it is worshipped with 5 .J?",, fr, ifl mnrWrrnft of laws than the ten conandments, der its . a history ofdecad- a positive idolatry, in extenuation oi rr. ' lfrom Sinia. The human brain has ence antf oisaster. whose fanaticism'its intrinsic beauty of the English Bible. ... ai i .1 rm.. -..it. is Kincniiar wax, mu lur mice ucvw cwvcivcu x i - vnAC?nmar a ' o . de it. centunes m.n have spoken of King exquat to the Sn the Mount. e American Com Tnt traditions of childhood are James' Vers on as the Authorized By the spread of the Protestant Scnp- monwea,tn3. . eo vied into its verses. It is the Vers.on, m fact wha.e -P" ?Z" . In closing, this paper upon the in- best mom- fuujku - , - . -- lluence oi tne rrotestant diuw, upyu Its authority has come from a cisions oi tne courts, ine aoctnne ox j cannot refrain from quoting These things did -.r i-i. not pass! unnoticed by the sturdy men ode of Morality . w1?ei, sfitntion . . . r en?r AU kit there.has been about tion they made was never authorized have taken root and been expressed Ita e m mstitutions of the peo hto oflofd gentle and pure; and by King or arhament or Convoca- statute by futures and m the de- ft wis,teM. first Class Horse Under Veterinary Shoeing Science I ATiitAt-and cood speaks to him for- tion. ... -csio-liah T?ihle. It is far hisSher source. m- J - r III l l. liui xJAifikSAMH. " s ' the hearts , and tne Fatherhood of God and the Broth- We are still at Wilkesboro and are prepared to do any kind of buggy or wagon repairing Also in position' to do rubber tire work. All work is absolutely guaranteed. Dr. W. G. Stewart now has charge of the horseshoe ing department and all work is done under his supervision. Special attention given to crippled feet or otherwise not normal.- Dr. Stewart wiUalso treat all diseases. LtWinliler Dr. W. G. Stewart V Wilkesboro, N. C. oa fr,r4V.oi Tvmnf of oar indebtedness II "7 - - n v:.- .rpd thmc which doubt never minds of men ana ot an gooa peopie. "r." t "T i to it for those republican iaeas wmcn - :, . , . - loovey never lZt 't have so prof oundiyuenced the 1 I- " ' - " and in the length and breadth of tne be amiss ior me to say xnat m me . 0f America, the following words Mu i aiiu in luc iciifcui . f :. xt. i i the hours of labor, for sanitation. 1111- -Wl3f UA AJiC"5 , , s tn Kmresiaub wiui uoio vj. j.j.w " j fmm liftwmor- vanceiuuuu wus o"- i ntMMWiwwwiTm ...wwwww--- m 1 J AT A .WAT O I H fill i.iifirt' a aaw I - l j. . m-m 11 I w w a cv nf roiirfousness about him Palestine was the Levitical law ana pravea aweinngs ior mePoor,rtne Raid he. "Their organic law con- Jcfn Woranhv is not in when the Scriptures 'mention that a care of those mentally or physical y - nnff elements of theii his Saxon Bible. o??,. olAmPTit.s of their T)61ity. certain lawyer stood up and tempted afflicted, the prevention of. cruelty to Lho iven ty Go himself was yet re-' In the long and splendid history of him" and again when He said "Woe animals and the steps being taken to d to be solemniy ratinad by the j .t, I vnn. vo lawvprR1' the Master had I nrocure treaties for the abolition of I . , the Church of ngiana : of its benefactions tothe racfr i can Uo, reference to the Profession ;-jif t rvf trreater im- which l have the honor to Deiong. abohtion ,of . , nn Thia was done on Ebal the Profession to war are the most recent evidences, of r . . jf. ; OTW, ia mx.nL - fT,e first. the influence of these Scriptures. I .. . v oTir1P?t. con- portce, none of more lasting benefit Ufderour form;. f government Slowly but steadHy the road is wind- stitutional convention ever held among than when it gave to us the Authoriz- which strictly forbids the union of mg up. the mountam. The leaven of meiu . 0n these two lofty mountains, Pd Version. That church has lost church ana state ana au mtenerence me npiures wm yet leayen . u separated by deep and narrow ravines, many S her children but they, all took by. government with reUgious liberty whole measure of legislature. Indeed Israei; comprising three milHons their Mother's Bible with them. It or freedom of worship, it would be the Scriptures might well be called of souls assembled; elders, prop- . ; v . t.j.v t. vnnni tv- pimActe'd that the Authorized Version the Magna Carta of the poor and of , , A rhUArtm. and nas Deen a uouu i - . - hets, priests, women and chfldren, and '600,000 warriors, led by the spears of xi.. ckmff race. It wouia maKe no impression upou uiu me ujtueaseu. has keptlmost unchanged the lan- laws-arid institutions. But thiss very The late Professor Huxley, agnostic w supported by the archers 3 the EngUsh-speaking world far from the fact. , No one can step tho he.was, said. "Downto .tnodern of Benjamm this mighty presence, when in its most attractive into -.any Court from that of Justice times ( no State has had a Constitution raded by; the grand accessories v w&r. us a book which is the com- of the eace to i5u. luc 7, of the scene, the law was reaa oy wie nas givn us wv- i T,;fnW t Vha TTiVTi Hourta of are so larirelv takpn intft arrmrnt. in .. ii. U-n, if trif-oe inn nv line; ilcui u v xvxu '"x- i;vo difference Justice at Westmmster witnout seemg wmcn tne auties, so muen more tnan , on either heightsie- he whatever division aoout our Xinguwi x VJ. nined their acceptance tnereox uy re- "f " XT nmt-nenima 'an ATTICP I ATI fTjaf drawn nr -frf Tcm o7 NA.I .! a .11 1.1. race. doctrines and forms 'and ceremonies, use. No on can; assume an ofhee on as that drawn up for IsraeL IMch eponsive Amens., Of all the great ooctrmes ano. 1 0 metho4s of whether he is the King of England, or where else is' the fundamental truth established for the happi- itgovW WSS-vSf- the constabWof a townsMp, .without that .the welfare .of , the State in e dd government of our race Sif prTmav be about forms recourse to it. By.itevery fitness long run,; depends, upon -welfare and approved by the centuries of trial irx.: "rrnmenV or. diver- makes , an appeal to heaven; oi tne otne citizen, so strongly xaia aown. : - , a grander origin, or a and ideals the truthfulness oMiis narration of past The cardinal, idea of the. Scriptures lorious exempUcation than this Mty ox socicu com- events and every public servant ap- that between the humblest individual Wrnments derived , ' a . w a cm ui ill i a.kj fcv w w - - wiic: - - - , -.. ' j is n. com- English JiiDie issuer w . -& rfede-e of the fideHty and the ereat-God liimself there is no 7, f rnnsent BtrServeTi. us dre oduct. "The influence mediatosave his Son. gave a dignity tte ei" " iedged by au. j . ... ,.,. has gone out from the sacred to manhood and the thought that in : m(mt thus established toZIS and' poor bond :and by hty Himself was not on- . DON'T QUIT RAISING POULTRY Raise more but also grow Tobacco. We people of Wilkes are just waking up to the wonderful possibilities of uur County.' No reason why we shouldn't make Wilkes the Garden Spot of the Earth. : , Continue to raise Poultry and Grow the crops you are accustomed to grow but add the big MONEY OBtOP Tobacco to your activities. x :Kv-S::-vl';; PLANT TOBACCO .Slo .Mid ' J j-a) Ia) a) GjJ simplicity andPecv only is the true Uy a, repuMic but a feoem repupuc j . , , V V . Wgobyre I crt'an atmosphere which sur-but while aU' other -governments 0f j likeour own4,;It,niay;be a' mere, co- - t 'I: t I mm mm .r i i:
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