The Bible

The Bible

Where childhood needs a standard   Or youth a beacon light, Where sorrow sighs for comfort   Or weakness longs for might, Bring forth the Holy Bible—   The Bible! There it stands! Resolving all life's problems   And meeting its demands. Though sophistry conceal it,   The Bible! There it Stands! Though Pharisees profane it,   Its influence expands. It fills the world with fragrance    Whose sweetness never cloys; It lifts our eyes to Heaven,   It heightens human joys. Despised and torn in pieces,   By infidels decried, With thunderbolts of hatred   The haughty cynics pride— All these have railed against it   In this and other lands; Yet dynasties have fallen,   And still the Bible stands! To Paradise a highway,   The Bible! There it stands! Its promises unfailing,   Nor grievous its commands. It points man to his Saviour,   The Lover of his soul; Salvation is its watchword,   Eternity its goal!      —James M. Gray Psalm 119:160 “Thy word is true from the beginning: and Every one of thy righteous judgments endueth for ever.” Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their Trust in him.”