RACE’S GREAT NEED

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 35, 4 May 1927, Page 16

RACE’S GREAT NEED

AMERICA AND THE BIBLE MR. COOLIDGE'S VIEWS Declaring that at times it appears a P c Ptilar familiarity with tne Scriptures is not as great at tbe present time as it has been in the past ln American life,” President Coolidge said it would be difficult to support fhe foundations of government and society if faith in Bible teachings was lost. , *^ r ; Goolidge’s letter declared that tne roundations of American society and government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that “it would oe difficult to support them if faith m these teachings should cease to be P r^-® t * ca Hy universal in our country-" -Everyone who has given the mat* ter any thought.” the President said, knows of the great literary value of the Bible and the broad culture, aside from its religious aspect, that comes trom a general familiarity with & Although it has been the subject ol most careful and painstaking study for hundreds of years, its most thorough students find in it a constant revelation of new thoughts and new ideals which minister to the spiritual nature of the race. i It would be difficult to conceive o* any kind of religious instruction which omitted to place its main emphasis on tiie precepts of this great book. 11 has been the source of inspiration ana comfort to those who have had the privilege of coming in contact with it, and wherever it goes it raises tne whole standard of human relation- | ship.”