THE KING'S BUSINES
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God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. You are wronging the Word. Yo are wronging your own soul. REPENT in sackcloth and ashes lest the wrath of God be poured 0 upon you! -T. C. H.
FROM THE LAYMEN'S VIEWPOINT
The Bible Up To Date. The Illinois State Register of Springfield, Ill., has this to say concernin the proposed new Bible as planned in the home of J. P. Morgan, Jr.: ยท'An organization of churchmen and laymen in New York is undertaki to rewrite the Bible 'in the light of the Twentieth Century,' or, in other word bring it up to date. Just what this means is hard to understand, for the Bible in its spiritu and philosophical teachings, deals with things that are eternal and unchangeabl based upon principles that apply to humanity in all states of existence, and in i dealing with facts and the use of metaphors and illustrations partakes of t times and customs of the historic periods it covers. We cannot re-write the historical narrative of the Bible in terms of Twentiet Century symbols any more than we could do it with the works of Homer witho making it ridiculous. There might be such a thing as r evising the language translation so as to fit the changing use of words, but it is not to be believe that any self-constituted body of clergy and laity can claim to have a better an clearer concept of the fundamentals of the Christian religion than those tha have been regarded through the centuries as the interpreters of the Divin message." It is always a good sign to have the layman's view of the Bible, an especially when it comes from the editor of a secular newspaper, and w are glad to pass this on. 'l'here are a good many translations of the original Hebrew and Gree Scriptures, but none of them change the meaning of the fundamental fac recorded in our King James and Revised Version. It has been tried an failed. We remember the statement made when the revised version w printed that the King James version would soon become obsolete, but i never has become obsolete and never can be superseded. The "comma people heard Him gladly" and the common people hold to the King ,Jam version gladly. -T. C. H. ~ ~ ~ Social Reform 'l'he secular newspapers, by r eason of their practical touch with me often have a clearer conception of what real church life should be thau t church leaders themselves. The Chicago Daily News says: "Not alo in modern times has the net of practical affairs enmeshed spiritual leade ship. The church in the eleventh century faced a similar condition. whe its bishops and abbots were feudal vassals, and even in some cases m1hta leaders and civil executives. 'l'hese responsibilities laid the churchm open to influences far removed from the spiritual. The present zeal the church in social reform also has a tendency to reduce the. emph~ upon more fundamentally spiritual problems which exist in spite of vogue for a sociological religion. Meditation is little practiced in the world today. Philosophy goes to 8 f in the modern university, while social science becomes increasingly popu
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