NEVER were Bibles so numerous in the world as they are to-day, yet in spite of this fact there is evidently an increasing ignorance of the sacred writings on the part of those who have the readiest access to them. Those who are devoting their time to the acquisition of knowledge—the students in the higher schools and universities—often give evidence that the Bible is to them almost an unknown book. On this point a Washington paper recently published the following:— President Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University, made an experiment the other day. He asked a large class of students the origin of the phrase about the leopard’s spots. Only one student knew precisely where it originated, and he was studying for the ministry. The others ascribed it to various sources. Some thought it was a popular proverb, and one was sure it came out of Kipling. Thus while there is to-day the greatest opportunity for light that has ever been, because of the unprecedented multiplication and distribution of Bibles, it is true, as the prophecy foretold, that darkness covers the earth, and gross darkness the people.