THE LACK OF BIBLE KNOWLEDGE.
By E. J. D.
It is passing strange to notice how little real interest the young people of to-day have in the Book of books. And yet, if we take into consideration the false ideals and systems of education that prevail, the result is not greatly to be wondered at. The following paragraph from the Youths' Companion shows the situation admirably:— A pretty long bow was drawn the other day by the superintendent of education in a great city, when he told Rev. Dr. Huntington that among the children of school age in his jurisdiction there were one hundred thousand who did not know of the existence of such a book as the Bible. But it is probably no exaggeration to say that, taking the country through, there are millions who know very little of the Book of books beyond its name. College presidents testify that a large per cent. of college students are lamentably ignorant of the Scriptures. Sunday-school instruction does not go far, and the only safeguard against the heathenization of a part of our population seems to lie in a reviving sense of parental responsibility—a re-enthroning of religion in the family.