I did not Give Enough for My Bible.
READER do you give enough for your Bible? Do you value it enough? Do you give enough time to it? Do you give it enough thought? Do you strive hard enough to make your life a living illustration of its holy principles and precepts? Read the following statement and ask yourself if you have not as much reason to increase your estimate of the Bible, as had the honest German blacksmith. A Bible distributer in Germany called upon a blacksmith and urged him to buy a Bible. Being ignorant of the value of the precious volume, he refused to part with his money to obtain it. It was then offered to him gratuitously, but he disdained to receive it upon such terms. A compromise was at length effected by his agreeing to give a fire-shovel for the book. After the labors of the day were over, curiosity prompted him to look into the book which he had purchased; and as he read, his heart was opened, and the character of God was revealed to him. The depravity of his nature; the worth of his soul; his need of a Saviour; the preciousness of Christ, were deeply felt; he was melted to tears; and as he wiped from his cheek the falling drops, he said to himself, "I did not give enough for my Bible!" Early in the morning he went into his shop, finished a pair of tongs, went in search of the Bible distributer, and, finding him, said, "My dear sir, please accept a pair of tongs with the shovel, I did not give enough for my Bible."