THE BIBLE | AdventAI

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 24, 1859

THE BIBLE.

"Hast thou ever heard Of such a book? The author, God himself; The subject, God and man, salvation, life And death—eternal life, eternal death— Dread words! whose meaning has no end, no bounds. Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of eternity! the only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely! only star which rose on time, And on its dark and troubled billows stole, As generation, drifting swiftly by, Succeeded generation, thence a ray Of heaven's own light, and to the hills of God, The eternal hills, pointed the sinner's eye. This book, this holy book, in every line . Marked with the seal of high divinity, On every leaf bedewed with drops of love Divine, and with the eternal heraldry And signature of God Almighty stamped From first to last—this ray of sacred light, This lamp from off the everlasting throne, Mercy took down, and in the night of time Stood, casting on the dark her gracious bow, And evermore beseeching men, with tears And earnest sighs, to hear, believe and live. And many to her voice gave ear and read, Believed, obeyed; and now, as the Amen, True, faithful Witness swore, with snowy robes And branching palms, surround the fount of life, And drink the streams of immortality, Forever happy, and forever young."—Pollok.