MY BIBLE by I. I. Leslie

Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Mar 2, 1852

MY BIBLE

By I. I. Leslie

From the "Voice of Truth" for March 4th, 1846.

MY BIBLE.

O give me my Bible—the statutes of heaven— Its great Constitution I know to be pure; Its laws and its by-laws in justice are given, And all is divine, and unalterably sure.

I know when I read them, in love they were blended, Nor one disannulled since the time they were framed; No foul legislation has ever amended One jot or one tittle, that therein is named.

Though thousands have written a substitute for them, To sway over others the sceptre and sword; Yet ever unaltered, these laws lie before them: Unchanged and immutable—word of the Lord.

Then give me my Bible, and let me obey it, Instead of the statutes and doctrines of men; Aside for a moment, forbid I should lay it, To listen and argue for dogmas again.

I. I. LESLIE.