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[cursive Hebrew]

Why did the Jew regard the Torah as The words of the LordLaw shall not depart from thy mouth
is the oft repeated injunction of scrip both Biblical & postbiblical
teachers, [ ] for the & there was the soundest reason that logic
ever exacted from the mind of man. It was not based upon
mere sentiment though we might ha many of us have the highest regard for
sentiment it when it is exalted -- hit upon the solid indisputable truths
of the world that come home to every man sooner or later.
[cursive Hebrew] It is to be a tree of life to those who
take hold of it & the harbinger of happiness. It is in other
words the summum bonum of life in other words, according to
Prof. William James the eminent psycholigist "it the Bible is the true
record of the inner experiences of great-souled men mostly
with the crisis of their faith." It is a picture the result of the
eternal conflict -- the battle that is being fiercely waged in every
human head soul between Provinence & Fate the good & the evil the pure & the impure the true &
the false, in every mais Except those that the Bible emphazies relates
the experiences of those who have lived above the ordinary
routine & turmoil of the average man. Why should it
not be d[ ]ed this [cursive Hebrew] Inheritance of the Congregation
of Jacob as the Lord is called be deemed a priceless treasure when it is remembered