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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1916

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“OUR globe floats in an ocean of air, and that ocean descends to the bottom of the deepest mine, and also rises to the summit of the highest mountain; it covers continents and seas alike, and as an element of universal life is found in all dwellings, and is fitted for men in all variety of conditions. So it is with the Word of God. Thus, whether they dwell in a palace or a prison, whether they celebrate a feast or observe a fast, whether they are prosperous or unfortunate in business, whether they hang rejoicing over a cradle or sit weeping by a coffin, whether they enjoy health or lie pining on a bed of sickness, whether they are occupied with the things of this world or of the next, whatever be the relation in which they stand to others, that of sovereign or subject, parent or child, brother or sister, companion or neighbor, bosom friend or deadly foe, there is none but will find something in the Bible written for him.”—Thomas Guthrie, D. D.