The Best Literature

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 8, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 26.

The Best Literature

THE loftiest, sweetest, purest literature in the world is between the covers of the Old Testament. It outlives the ancient parchment rolls, papyrus leaves, and has witnessed dynasties crumble and empires vanish like momentary apparitions. It has dethroned kings and covered them with sackcloth and ashes. Ah, what kind of literature is this? When Solon and Justinian are forgotten, Moses will still blaze in the constellation of earth's mightiest. When Plato's rainbow of moralisms fades away forever, Solomon will still sit upon the throne, king of sages. When the eloquence of Demosthenes has echoed for the last time, Isaiah's beautiful utterances will still kindle holy ambitions and inspire noble deeds. "Be ye mindful always of His covenant; the word which He commanded to a thousand generations."—Word and Way.