“For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in the heaven.” – Psa 119:89
The Greatest book in all the world has survived three great dangers – the negligence of its friends, the hatred of its enemies, and the false systems built upon it.
The Bible is the most outstanding book ever written. Civilizations crumble, but the Word of God endures. There is a majesty and beauty about its stately words which remind us that God is speaking. But we must beware lest we extol the Bible, yet fail to practice its teaching.
“Man must ever be trying his spirit against the spirit of the world. Calamity smites him; confusion overtakes him; fortune smiles, and then suddenly frowns upon him. Out of it all this welter of conflicting emotions he cries for a sure word of direction, a solace to his wounded spirit, a light amid his surrounding darkness. These he must have or perish. With grateful heart he finds them, in the Bible. It speaks his language; it finds him where he is, and points him to the place to which he wishes to go.”
The Bible makes its appeal to every thoughtful reader by lifting his eyes far above the present, transient scene, and helping him to again discover the “sense of eternity” in the midst of time. Whe men live only for the present, they are always in despair about the future. We must meet the challenge of today in the light of tomorrow. Many times today we are tempted to discouragement by the threatening clouds of war, the unjust distribution of wealth, or the continuance of bitter proverty and want. We see a world in confusion, overrun with materialism, bewilderment, and despair. But one deep look into the eternal, onward-moving purposes of God as revealed in the Bible, and we plant our feet again upon the highway of hope, and push forth to a sure and eternal destiny. In thus rediscovering the Bible we rediscover a worth motive for living, and find happiness within.
--H. J. Fleter “Pilgrim Holiness Advocate, 1939”
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