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VOLTAIRE, French philosopher.
‘predlcted nearly two hundred years
'ago that within’a century the Bible
would be found only in collections of
rare books. The century had almost
’ passed when Thomas Paine, American
philowpher, found the Bible so firmly
intrenched in the hearts of the people
that he, disbelieving it. predicted that
Within a century the Bible and the re
ligion founded upon it, would be. al
most extinct. The century passed and
Robert lngersoll arose to traverse the.
continent, denouncing the Bible. andl
predicting that soon the world would
shake off the shackles forged on men-
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Harris 81 Cars
1; £333.
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“COAL
That’s A11
”Mme“ tal freedom by this hook: asselting
l ‘ already it was disappearing from the
g; ... T911 721- _ ' homes and book shelves of America.
L , What might be, the amaznlent of
those men now could they return to
*1” J earth and read the personal message
of President Wilson to thasoldiers and
sailors of the United States. urging
them to read the Bible diligently.
“When you have read the Bible you
will know that it is the Word of God.
because you will have found it the key
J‘eny Clot k. of the Norwalk Box to your own heart, you1 own happi-
company, is seriously ill with plcurisw ness and you] own duty," says the
and pneumonia with 1.1 t1aincd nurse president “I beg that you will tend
in attendance. it and find this out for yourselves."
m 3 Oi‘, if \'oltni1e and Paine and in-
‘ Belatiyes of James O’Ne“ have re gersoll could be taken to the, great
ceived word from Washington an printing house of the Ameiican Bible
nouncing the safe 1111i\1'al of the ship Society in New York at midnight, be
fir...__—.
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~in whith 0'\cil went over. at a port came that’s a good time to see the
somewhere 011 the other side
Anthony J. Mnrron. son of 1\lr‘ and
Mrs, Prank ‘Marroti, of Sprin Hill
has arrived safely oversea. He is at .‘
tachcd to one of the infantty icgi- 1
meme.
by electt it:
"What, print-
mighty presses running
light they might ask:
ing the Bible at night!"
Yes. day and night. usingeevcry set
of plates the society owns and can
hire, offering a big sum for any set of
, plates of the lliblo in pocket size rush
William Wellnitz. iornlcilv of this
city, has sent word to friends here tliat the ”709’“ as f4“ 3‘
his soldicring at Camp Upton at press 3" not ““ppwmg ”19 demand.
ent consists partly of playing the piano
at the camp in'ovie- house
‘recent interview: “it its the biggest
rush for the Scriptures we have ever
known, and we too tunning at fullest
capacity to try and meet it, but we.
cannot keep up. "
if the spirit of these mistaken prov
phets were not satisfied with this evi~
-—'l‘en per' cent of the entire receipts; dcnce that the Bible and its teachings
of all the James Butler Grocery stores are yet very much alive they might 110
Wednesday May 22 will be donated to; to England and find the same condi-
the Red Cross. i done there, presbes going at top speed,
- ._._———— ‘printing New Testaments, 20,000,000
Mrs. Theodore Clark, of North M“ i of which have already been issued
mic, is recuperating for a. few days since the war began; and in France
with Mr- and Mrs. Clark in Danbul'y- the some conditions are found.
in .Qlark was injured several weeks‘ And the Bible is not merely being
Mrs. Frank Rooney, of 4 Chestnut
street, has received a postal from her
brother James O‘Neil, announcing his
Mrs. Rooney
hart two biothers in seivice, both now'
"somewhere in Fruncefi'
1 '880 in an automobile accident and has printed in quantities nm er approached
not it“ recovered from “‘3 effects or .1.l1ei’ozc but it is being read more
the accident. ' iwidcly than ever before. The testi-
mony front every war trout, from
every army camp and cantonment,
from the homes in all the lands at wt
to that people are reading the Bible.
‘ t
Samuel Alexander. of 120 Raymond
street, of this city, who was employed.
in the office of the Norwalk Tire &
Rubber roomy, but who at: quotientl
time was working in the chief of state
office at Washington, D C, hits on-
listedin that. city with thé 437th En-
gineer Detachment.
Several bhousand 'men marched Sat-
buddy “afternoon in New Raven's “Rodi
Cross demonstration and it: probably 685 City Star.
was the largest body of women march-
ers ever seen in Connecticut. Every
organization which is doing war work
was represented and one large con-
tingent was made up of mothers and
wives of men who are in military or
naval service.
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* Upon complaint and after a hear-
ing, Assistant Federal Food 'Admin-
istrotor Farnom, of New lHaven, baae
found the Susman- :Feuer compan'iflo
Bridgeport guilty of infringement of
the United States food admmistra
tion regulations governing the sale
wheat flour and 1153 ‘imposéd’ a
Bible, if one may call lt_that. is the
comfort to a higher source than hu-
Try a Sentinel Want Ad.
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Cirden 'To‘ols, Rubber Hose,
.Flbwb’r Seeds; Refrigerators, Oil
and Gas Stoves, Ice Cream Freez-
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Alhlzl'i F. Gellell‘e
‘ing New Testaments and Gospels of!
it can be done, and '
(to over to Philadelphia, where an- _.;:;
I other great llible house is running
1 night and day, the manager says in a 1112'
The cause of this revival of the
war, which has demonstrated again 57' '
that in times of affliction, individual ' ,
or national. the tendency is to turn tor
manity can find within itsell.—-Kan-
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THOUGHTS OF A SAILOR LAD.
Somewhere the sun is shining.
And its warm rays softly fall
On a sailor led in a suit of blue,
Who has answered his country‘s call
From his proud ship floats Old Glory”
As. her folds wave out above
She whispers “hope’ and “courage"
To this sailor lad in blue.
WASHINGTON, May 20.——The Unit-
Sometimer in idle fanc _
a y cd ‘Shoe Machinery Company“ today
This lad sees a picture rare,
Sees home and friends and mother
And a girl beyond compare, |
Then the music of sweet voices t
ls born on the salt tanged wind, 1
And. he dreams he heard the laughter
Of the girl he left behind.
won its case in the Supreme Court
Iagainst the government's
action.
ant i-trust
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WOMEN’S
WEAR
Somewhere the stars are shining
And the silvery moon breaks through
Like Heaven's benediction,
On this sailor hid in blue;
or the glad reunion kind
or a laid and friends and mother
And the girl he left behind.
'By A. R. CHONTOS,
U. S. ‘8. Chester, Over‘Sea.
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