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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 6, 1909

Search the Bible.

By Bishop Mant

Yes, 'tis a mine of precious jewelry, The Book of God; a well of streams divine! But who would wish the riches of that mine To make his own; his thirst to satisfy From that pure well; must ear, eye, soul, apply; On precept precept scan, and line on line; Search, ponder, sift, compare, divide, combine, For truths that oft beneath the surface lie.

Yes, there are things which he who runs may read, Nor few there are, which yield a harder part, To mark, discern, and know. With cautious heed, 'Tis God's command, survey thy safety's chart; Lest arduous things, distorted, deathward lead The mind unlearned, and the unstable heart.

— Bishop Mant.