A lady traveling in T, after reading her Bible, gave it to the maid to pack up with her other things. The young woman asked what book it was.
“The Word of God,” was the answer.
This drew forth an expression of astonishment,
“The Word of God! What does it say?”
Happily we need not ask such a question as this. By the goodness of God “the Scripture of Truth” is near at hand “in our own tongue, wherein we were born.”
It is clear that to be ignorant of the Scriptures is to be ignorant of the Saviour, for they testify of Him. Let us then more and more diligently read, and search into, and dwell upon the precious words of this divine Book, that we may better know and enjoy the “unsearchable” riches of Christ, who, as an old writer says, is “the sum of the whole Bible.”
Do you read this blessed Book and believe every word of it?
Study it carefully,
Think of it prayerfully,
Deep in thy heart let its precepts dwell,
Slight not its history,
Ponder its mystery,
None can e’er prize it too fondly or well.
ML 07/12/1936