The Bible The Best Of Classics

 

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
(Psalm 119:105)

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There is a classic, the best the world has ever seen, the noblest that
has ever honored and dignified the languages of mortals.  If we look
into its antiquity, we discover a title to our veneration unrivaled in
the history of literature.  If we have respect to its evidences, they
are found in the testimony of miracle and prophecy; in the
ministry of man, of nature, and of angels, yea, even of
"God, manifest in the flesh," of "God blessed forever."

If we consider its authenticity, no other pages have survived 
the lapse of time that can be compared with it. If we examine
its authority, for it speaks as never man spake, we discover that
it came from heaven in vision and prophecy under the sanction
of Him Who is Creator of all things and the Giver
of every good and perfect gift.

If we reflect on its truths, they are lovely and spotless, sublime
and holy as God Himself, unchangeable as His nature, durable as
His righteous dominion, and versatile as the moral condition of mankind.
If we regard the values of its treasures, we must estimate them, not like
the relics of classic antiquity, by the perishable glory and beauty, virtue
and happiness of this world, but by the enduring perfection and
supreme felicity of an eternal kingdom.

If we inquire who are the men that have recorded its truths, vindicated
its rights, and illustrated the excellence of its scheme, from the depths
of ages and from the living world, from the populous continent and the
isles of the sea, comes forth the answer: "The patriarch and the prophet,
the evangelist and the martyr."

If we look abroad through the world of men, the victims of folly or vice,
the prey of cruelty, of injustice, and inquire what are its benefits, even in
this temporal state, the great and humble, the rich and the poor, the
powerful and the weak, the learned and the ignorant reply, as with
one voice, that humility and resignation, purity, order, and peace,
faith, hope, and charity are its blessings upon earth.

And, if raising our eyes from time to eternity; from the world of mortals
to the world of just men made perfect; from the visible creation, marvelous,
beautiful, and glorious as it is, to the invisible creation of angels and seraphs;
from the footstool of God to the throne of God Himself, we ask, what are
the blessings that flow from this single volume, let the question be answered
by the pen of the evangelist, the harp of the prophet, and the records 
of the book of life.  Such is the best of classics the world has ever
admired; such, the noblest man has ever adopted as a guide.

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"The Bible The Best Of Classics"
Thomas Smith Grimke
(1786-1834)
American attorney, author, orator
and social activist

Born in South Carolina, Thomas Grimke was a graduate of Yale University
in 1807.  Although he aspired to become a minister, to please his father he
went into legal practice and later, politics.  He is best known, however,
as an advocate for peace, Sunday schools, and the Holy Bible. 

" He was a man of deep feeling, earnest purpose, and pure life."
-McGuffy's Fifth Eclectic Reader