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THE BIBLE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 29, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 39.

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THE BIBLE.

By Horatius Bonar

My thoughts are here, my God, Expressed in words divine, The utterance of heavenly lips In every sacred line.
Across the ages they Have reached us from afar; Than the bright gold more golden they, Purer than purest star.
More durable they stand Than the eternal hills; Far sweeter and more musical Than music of earth’s rills.
A thousand hammers keen With fiery force and strain, Brought down on it in rage and hate, Have struck this gem in vain.
Against this sea-swept rock Ten thousand storms their will Of foam and rage have wildly spent. It lifts its calm face still.
It standeth and will stand, Without or change or age, The word of majesty and light, The church’s heritage. —Horatius Bonar.