The Bible Stands without a Peer

[Thompson, Darryl]

The Bible Stands without a Peer

     Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jer. 33:3  

     No other study will so ennoble every thought, feeling, and
aspiration as the study of the Scriptures. No other book can satisfy the
questionings of the mind and the craving of the heart. By obtaining a
knowledge of God's Word, and giving heed thereto, men may rise from the
lowest depths of ignorance and degradation to become the sons of God,
the associates of sinless angels. . . .  

     As an educating power, the Bible is without a rival. Nothing will
so impart vigor to all the faculties as an effort to grasp the
stupendous truths of revelation. The mind gradually adapts itself to the
subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. If occupied with commonplace
matters only, it will become dwarfed and enfeebled. . . .  

     In its wide range of style and subjects the Bible has something to
interest every mind and appeal to every heart. . . . In it the most
simply stated truths are involved--principles that are as high as heaven
and that encompass eternity.  

     There is no position in life, no phase of human experience, for
which the Bible does not contain valuable instruction. Ruler and
subject, master and servant, buyer and seller, borrower and lender,
parent and child, teacher and student--all may here find lessons of
priceless worth.  

     But above all else, the Word of God sets forth the plan of
salvation: shows how sinful man may be reconciled to God, lays down the
great principles of truth and duty which should govern our lives, and
promises us divine aid in their observance. It reaches beyond this
fleeting life, beyond the brief and troubled history of our race. It
opens to our view the long vista of eternal ages--ages undarkened by
sin, undimmed by sorrow. 

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