Indestructibility of the Bible
A LADY asked a laborer if he would accept a Bible. He answered, “No, and if you leave one I will throw it into the fire.” She laid it on his table. He seized and threw it upon the burning coals, where all was consumed save a single leaf, which was blown out. His wife picked it up and read on it, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.” This passage was a two-edged sword in the furious man’s heart. He could not sleep, and was filled with terror. He sought the donor of the burned Bible, confessed his sins, and asked for pardon from her and from God, and found the Saviour. We may burn the sacred pages, but its truths will survive to condemn or crown us.