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The Bible Pushed Into the Background

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 15, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 33.

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The Bible Pushed Into the Background

— Two striking illustrations of the extent to which the Bible is being pushed to the background at the present day are cited by the bishop of Durham, England: “Recently, in a great northern town, a coroner suddenly wanted a Bible, so I am told, and forty houses had to be visited before one could be found. Not very long ago, a young man was powerfully stirred by a mission address on the cross. It transpired that he had literally never heard of the crucifixion of our Lord before. This was in a Durham town, and the man was a prosperous artisan.”