The Bible’s Enduring Evidence
By Binney
No volume deserves more attentive perusal than the Bible. Our belief in the truth of the Bible must rest upon evidence, not only of the convictions of others, but the facts themselves of which truth is the summary. While millions of learned volumes, which promised immortality to their authors, have sunk into oblivion, the Bible has survived even against opposition such as no other book ever had. The loftiest pretensions to learning, science, and philosophy; the most malignant arts of wit, satire, and scurrility, have been employed against the Bible in vain. Thousands of times it has been condemned, banished, burned. Still it survives, and will survive the dissolution of worlds. In 1274 the price of a Bible, with a commentary fairly written, was 30 pounds! That precious volume may now be obtained by most laborers for less than a single day's pay. How great are the privileges of modern Christians! How great must be their guilt if they neglect them.—Binney.