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The Bible as a Flower Requiring Prayer

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 27, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 35.

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The Bible as a Flower Requiring Prayer

The Bible is not an iron safe to be opened by those who are keen enough to discover the combination; it is rather a rare and delicate flower, that must have a certain atmosphere before it can be induced to unfold its petals and disclose its honey cup, and share with you its perfume.
The atmosphere of the book is the atmosphere of prayer. When you have entered your closet, opened the window toward Jerusalem, and felt the heavenly breeze fan your cheeks, then the dull pages are transformed into a living voice, and the book becomes indeed the word of God. — Lutheran.