The Religion of the Bible by George E. Tack

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 14, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 11.

The Religion of the Bible

By George E. Tack

RELIGION, all beneficent and pure, A boon and solace for the dying race, I hail thee, bearer of God's truth and grace. Tho oft defamed, thy character secure Abides with God. Thy love is sweet and sure, And leadeth thee to scorn apart to dwell, In cloister dim or solitary cell. All vain their hopes who thus their lives immure.

So many creeds, so many ways to bliss, And still with blood of martyrs reeks the sod. Each false religion's voice but leads amiss, Like Eden's serpent, to the Babel crowd. But thou, Religion, dost consist in this,— The joyful doing of the words of God.