The Worlds Richest Treasure – Der größte Schatz der Welt

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Henry Law, „Beacons of the Bible“ 1869*

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The Bible is the richest treasure of the world!

Without it, the palace is a dark blank.

With it, the poor cottage sparkles with celestial light.

It is the transcript of God’s heart.
It tells what human reason is too weak to find.
It is pure truth without one shadow of error.
It gives knowledge on all things needful for time and for eternity.
It is a safe guide through life’s entangled path.
It is a compass . . .
through shoals and rocks;
amid winds and waves;
to Heaven’s eternal rest!

The sage is ignorant without it.
The peasant learns from it salvation’s road.
It is a solace for every hour.
It is a companion always ready to converse.
It cheers when other comforts fail.
It is arrayed in every charm for the intellect.
It never wearies.
It is always fresh.
Its oldest truths cannot grow old.
Its readers become more wise–and more holy.
Other books may puzzle and corrupt.
The Bible is from Heaven, and leads to Heaven.
It enters the heart with purifying grace.

The more you search the Bible – the more your minds will wonder, and your hearts will love.
Read it as literally true. – Then no human philosophy will beguile you.
Ponder its characters. – You will find on them the intrinsic stamp of truth.

„The Bible is . . .

an armory of heavenly weapons,
a pharmacy of infallible medicines,
a mine of exhaustless wealth,
a guidebook for every road,
a chart for every sea,
a medicine for every malady,
and a balm for every wound!

Rob us of our Bible, and our sky has lost its sun!“ (Thomas Guthrie)

„Oh, how I love Your Law! I meditate on it all day long!“ Psalm 119:97

„Your Words were found, and I ate them–and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart!“ Jeremiah 15:16

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