A Wonderful Book by William Miller

International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Feb 4, 1886

A Wonderful Book.

By William Miller

O, MAY the Bible be to us a rock, a pillar, a compass, a chart, a statute, a directory, a polar star, a traveler's guide, a pilgrim's companion, a shield of faith, a ground of hope, a history, a chronology, an armory, a store-house, a mirror, a toilet, a closet, a prayer-book, an epistle, a love-letter, a friend, a force, a revenue, a treasury, a bank, a fountain, a cistern, a garden, a lodge, a field, a haven, a sun, a moon, a star, a door, a window, a light, a lamp, a luminary, a morning, a noon, an evening, an hour-glass, a days-man, a servant, an handmaid.

It is food, meat, drink, raiment, shelter, warmth, heat, a feast, fruit, pictures, wine, milk, honey, bread, butter, oil, refreshment, rest, strength, stability, wisdom, life, eyes, ears, hands, feet, breath. It is a help to hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling, understanding, forgiving, loving, hoping, enjoying, adoring, and saving. It teaches salvation, justification, sanctification, redemption, and glorification. It declares condemnation, destruction, and desolation.

It tells us what we were, are, and shall be; begins with the beginning, carries through the intermediate, and ends only with the end. It is past, present, and to come. It discovers the first great cause, the cause of all effects, and the effects of all causes. It speaks of life, death, and judgment; body, soul, and spirit; Heaven, earth, and hell. It makes use of all nature as figures, to sum up the value of the gospel, and it declares itself to be the WORD OF GOD.—Wm. Miller.