SELECTED SCRAPS.

DILIGENCE IN READING THE SCRIP


TURES.
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'Read and revere the sacred page; page


Which not the whole creation could produce


Which not the conAagration shall destroy


Erasmus, speaking of Jerome, says 'whs
ever learned by heart the whole Scripture, or
imbibed, or mediated upon it as he did y


Tertuliak, after his conversion, was engaged
night and day in reading the Scriptures, and
got much ofthem by heart


The Emperor Theodosius wrote out the
whole New Testament with his own hand,
and read some part Of it every day. p


Theodosius the Second, dedicated a great
part Of the night TO the study of the Scriptures.
George, Prince Of Transylvania, read over
the Bible n times. Ga


Alphonsus. King Of Arragon, read the Scrip
times. '--.'-"'' ,{i


Ihe venerable Bede is said to have been a
great reader Of the Bible, and that with such
affection, that he often wept over il,