The Bible’s Terrible and Delightful Truths
By Plumer
If the Bible be true, it is awfully so to the wicked. Its truths are not to be trifled with, made a jest of, held in unrighteousness of life, or coldly received. It is no objection to Christianity that its consistent professors are solemn and in earnest. If the Bible be true, it is, to the humble, good man, delightfully so. If it has a rod laid up for the indolent, it has also manna laid up for the hungry. If it turns a dark side towards the wicked, it turns a very bright side towards the pious. Its promises are as brilliant as its threatenings are terrible. Let the people of God shout aloud for joy, for "all the promises do travail," and their "redemption draweth nigh." Let the inhabitant of this rock of truth sing—Plumer.