Such have
exceeding deep ignorance, exceeding ill manners, exceeding bad taste,
and exceeding great folly. "I find more sure marks of the authenticity
of the Bible," says Sir Isaac Newton, "than in any profane history
whatever." We use the word "secular" nowadays where "profane" was
formerly written. "Profane" meant "before" or "outside" the "fane," or
"temple."
THE BOOK OF JOB
is older than any other writing on earth. It antedates the Chinese
Empire. It is lost in the mist of years. The histories of Moses are as
old as the pyramids, and the pyramids and obelisks proclaim the
integrity of the Hebrew leader and chronicler. So let us prize this
greatest gift of God to man. Let us humbly thank Him for the liberties
and comforts it has brought us--for even the Atheist himself refrains
from robbing us of our property through the influence of the Christian
religion. Let us thank God for the schools, and the hospitals, and the
charities which have
THE BIBLE AT THEIR FOUNDATION,
and which, without it, it is fair to say, would not be in existence
to-day. Those who are the best are guided by its precepts.
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