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At Christmas
The Bible Has
Special Meaning
Like so many things really im
portant to us, we too often take
the B»hle for granted. Even at
Christmas, one of the year’s most
sacred times, the Bible—our sole
source for the story of the birth
of Jesus Christ — is often ig
nored, so intent are we on the
more material aspects of the holi
day.
Yet, there are millions of
people all over the world, to
whom the Bible is a dynamic
force. Ask the American Bible
Society, which distributes more
than 34 million scriptures a year
and hopes eventually to put a
Bible in every Christian’s home.
As they can tell you, the de
mand for Bibles and Scriptures
in different languages and dia
lects is ever mounting. So far,
translations have been made in
1200 languages—including Uduk,
Bicol, Lugbara, Amahuaca, Hanu-
noo, Kerewe, and Esperanto. Yet
hundreds of other languages exist
in which translations must still
be done.
To millions of Christians, the
Bible is such a powerful book,
they will even endanger them
selves to get a copy. Just re
cently, for example, it was re
ported that Watusi refugees came
out of hiding to get supplies of
salt, medicine, hymn books, and
Bibles.
The Bible is important to many
people’s lives and work. To arch
eologists, it is a prime source of
information as to where to un
earth artifacts of Biblical civili
zations. To historians, it presents
the best picture yet of the 4,500
years of ancient history embraced
by the Old and New Testaments.
And the Bible is also the best
source of information about the
beginnings of Christianity.
Life Work
Scholars find in the Bible a
life-time work. One famous schol
ar of modern times — Dr. Albert
Schweitzer — spent years writing
his monumental “The Quest of
Historical Jesus,” which put Jesus
into historical perspective.
From the Bible comes practi
cally all our rules of basic be
havior as does our most repeated
prayer—the Lord’s Prayer. Also,
literally hundreds of famous quo
tations, “Love thy neighbor as
thyself,” “The wages of sin is
death,” “Get thee behind me,
Satan,” and “God is love.”
YEAR-ROUND
It’s Christmas the year round
for Ernest Theuer and the whole
world is toyland. Theuer, a buyer
for F.A.O. Schwartz, spends his
time searching for whimsical, in
genious and extraordinary toys.
He finds them in Switzerland, in
Bavaria, where toy-making is a
year-round family enterprise, in
Japan where families paint min
iature tea sets in their homes.
He may turn up anywhere, and
everywhere he finds unusual and
interesting toys.
CRANBERRY SPOTS
The spots you see before your
eyes could be caused by cran
berry spills on your tablecloth
or carpet. Immediate attention is
recommended. Remove excess,
rub the spot with ice cube, then
wash at once.
Tho Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, December 23, 1965 SEC. B—PAGE 1
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