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(Henry Law, "Beacons of the Bible" 1869)
The Bible is the richest treasure of the world!
Without it, the palace is a dark blank.
With it, the poor cottage sparkles with celestial light.
It is the transcript of God's heart.
It tells what human reason is too weak to find.
It is pure truth without one shadow of error.
It gives knowledge on all things needful for time and for
eternity.
It is a safe guide through life's entangled path.
It is a compass . . .
through shoals and
rocks;
amid winds and
waves;
to Heaven's eternal
rest!
The sage is ignorant without it.
The peasant learns from it salvation's road.
It is a solace for every hour.
It is a companion always ready to converse.
It cheers when other comforts fail.
It is arrayed in every charm for the intellect.
It never wearies.
It is always fresh.
Its oldest truths cannot grow old.
Its readers become more wise--and more holy.
Other books may puzzle and corrupt.
The Bible is from Heaven, and leads to Heaven.
It enters the heart with purifying grace.
The more you search the Bible--the more your minds will
wonder, and your hearts will love.
Read it as literally true. Then no human philosophy will
beguile you.
Ponder its characters. You will find on them the intrinsic
stamp of truth.
"The Bible is . . .
an armory of
heavenly weapons,
a pharmacy of
infallible medicines,
a mine of
exhaustless wealth,
a guidebook for
every road,
a chart for every
sea,
a medicine for every
malady,
and a balm for every
wound!
Rob us of our Bible, and our sky has lost its sun!"
(Thomas Guthrie)
"Oh, how I love Your Law! I meditate on it all day
long!" Psalm 119:97
"Your Words were found, and I ate them--and Your Word
was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart!" Jeremiah 15:16
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