No other book in existence of such varied styles, composed by so many hands, and occupying so long a period in its compilation, is marked by so marvelous a unity. A single great scheme underlies, traverses and interpenetrates the Bible, a great and connected system of truth, as bone and cartilage the human frame; a single, high, gracious and inflexible aim pervades this majestic volume from end to end. in principle and essence the faith of David and Paul, Daniel and John, Abraham and Peter, is but one. Genesis and Revelation greet each other across the gulf of ages. God's word is a unit—a boastful science, a proud, self-satisfied and imperious criticism, to the contrary notwithstanding.— (Selected.)