Sway of the Bible

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 8, 1872

Sway of the Bible.

The Bible is read of a Sabbath in all the thousand pulpits of our land. The sun never sets on its gleaming page. It goes equally to the cottage of the plain man and the palace of the king. It is woven into literature, and its colors are the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail the sea without it. No ship of war goes to conflict but the Bible is there. It enters men's closets; mingles in all grief and cheerfulness of life. The aching head finds a softer pillow when the Bible lies underneath. It blesses us when we are born; gives names to half of Christendom; rejoices with us; has sympathy for our mourning; tempers our griefs to finer issues. It is the better part of our sermons. It lifts man above himself. The timid man, awaking from his dream of life, looks through the glass of Scripture and his eye grows bright. He does not fear to stand alone—to tread the way unknown and distant—to take the death-angel by the hand, and bid farewell to wife and babes at home. Men rest on this their dearest hope. It tells them of God, and of his beloved Son; of earthly duties, and of heavenly rest.—Sel.