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February 1927
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Father, Like Son.” He is referring to the matter of the use of tobacco. From a test which he made among college students, who revealed their own and their fathers’ smoking habits, he discovered that when fathers smoke, the majority of sons smoke also, and when fathers abstain, the majority of sons are non-smokers. Of the sons of smoking fathers, 51.1 per cent are smokers, whereas of the sons of non-smoking fathers, 41.2. per cent are smokers. Prof. Earp’s main argument against smoking is that so large a proportion of smokers become so dominated by the habit that they can neither stop smoking, nor even con fine their smoking within reasonable limits. * * * * The American Surety Company reports an increase of 59 per cent in the amount of net claims incurred in the fidelity bond field in which it guarantees the honesty of employees, and characterizes this increase as “the most surprising feature” of a nine-month review. The report says: Copies En tire Bible on Single Sheet Japanese scholar w rites one m illio n characters w ith solitary hair T HE entire Bible on a single sheet of paper! Such is the astounding feat recently accomplished by Mr. Ukichi Ishizuka of Tokio, who, after ten’years of the most diligent toil, has completed a self-imposed task requiring almost unbelievable patience and skill. Imagine writing more than 1,000,000 characters or letters with a single hair. Then imagine replacing the hair many times to write other millions of Japanese ideo grams ! Staggering as such a task seems, it was but one of the details involved in Mr. Ishizuka’s stupendous undertaking. For Mr. Ishizuka not only had to do the work with hair points—he first had to practice this delicate feat for six full years. And for practice, the Japanese scholar wrote a certain famous Chinese classic of 1,000,000 ideo grams. He was not content to write it once. He wrote it one million times. Then he felt sufficiently skilled to begin work on the Bible. His outfit was the simplest. His scroll, or kakemono, was an ordinary one of tough paper made of white rags. It was six feet long and two feet wide. His ink was com mon sumi or charcoal. He used no microscope, but had a pair of spectacles with fairly high power lenses. His brush was a Japanese fude narrowed down until the point was but a single hair; Despite the minuteness of the ideograms, for the lines are as fine as those of an engraver, the work is so beautifully done that it can be easily read with a magnifying glass. H ad L iving to E arn The scroll was commenced. But meanwhile he had a living to make for himself and his family. This he did by making trips into the nearby countryside to sell Bibles. After his day’s work, he would draw out his precious scroll and far into the night would be busy with his deli cate brush. The times were difficult. His work was not lucrative and his friends gave him little or no encouragement. They said his self-imposed task was foolish. Oftentimes, too, he became so interested in his writing that he forgot his “No one can say certainly the cause of increased defalcations among employees. It is certainly not the part of an organized crime wave, but rather a reflection of human behaviour caused by conditions of the times.” ste m
business of earning a living. According to his wife, they lived very frugal lives until the work was completed. Since completing this precious document, Mr. Ishizuka has resumed his occupation of distributing tracts and Bibles. He attracts more attention to his wares with his famous work of art. The original, however, is far too valuable to be exhibited publicly, so photographs are used instead. The artist has entitled the document, “Heavenly Revelation at one Eyelook,” literally, “The Bible at a Glance.” With the instinct of the true artist, Mr. Ishizuka took infinite pains in selecting the paper for his monumental work. It is made of pure white rags, and, like permanent record paper, is so made as to be absolutely impervious to fading and disintegrating. Owing to the care exercised by Mr. Ishizuka in his choice of paper, the famous document to which he has devoted so many years of his life, will remain in a perfect state of preservation for unknown generations. Let Us All Join in Singing Hymn No. 75 "Faith of Our Fathers ”—The Fundamentalist Hymn LAST VERSE ONLY Faith of our fathers! We will love Both friend and foe in all our strife ! And preach thee, too as love knows how, By kindly words and virtuous life, Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death!
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