Thomas Watson:
The Bible is a rock of diamonds, a chain of pearls, the sword of the Spirit; it is the chart by which the Christian sails to eternity, the map by which he daily walks, the sundial by which he sets his life, the balance in which he weighs his actions.
R. B. Nichol:
Sin is Satan's ladder; it has its top on earth and its foot in hell. God's ladder is the Bible, and, as its foot is on the earth and its top in heaven, it is impossible for a man or a woman to sincerely take to that ladder and either remain worldly minded or finish up in hell. It must of necessity land them in heaven.
G. Gilfillan:
In relation to other books the Bible occupies a peculiar and unique position. It is independent of all others. It imitates no other book; it copies none; it hardly alludes to any other, whether in praise or blame. John never speaks of Plato, nor Paul of Demosthenes, nor Jesus of any writer, save Moses and the prophets. There is a certain grand unconsciousness about it, as in the Himalayan Hills, which cast the same look of still sovereignty over an India unpeopled after the deluge, as over an India, the hive of sweltering nations.
Thomas Halyburton:
Come! See a book that told me all that ever I did! Is not this the Book of God?
Dr J. Cumming:
The fact that this book is now in my hand is one of the most stupendous miracles that has ever occurred, for it has been more persecuted and trodden upon than all the books of ancient and modern times put together. Were there to come into our midst a man who had outlived eighteen centuries - who had been cast into the sea, and not drowned - thrown to the wild beasts, and not devoured – made to drink deadly poison, and not killed – shot at and stabbed, and not injured – would you not believe that the broad shield of Omnipotence must have been over him, and that he lived and moved and had his being in the midst of a perpetual miracle? This Bible is such a man as that … the Book of God which has been enshrined in perpetual miracle.
H. W. Beecher:
What a pin is when the diamond has dropped from its setting, that is the Bible when its emotive truths have been taken away. What a babe's clothes are when the baby has slipped out of them into death, and the mother's arms clasp only raiment, that's what the Bible would be if the Babe of Bethlehem and the deep truths that clothed His life should slip out of its pages.
J. A. Macduff:
Science! Thou hast tracked the lightning, traced the path of the tornado, uncurtained the distant planet, foretold the coming of the comet, and the return of the eclipse. But thou has never been able to gauge the depth of man's soul, or to answer the question, "What must I do to be saved?"
Anonymous
There is one thing that mars all the pleasures of my life. I am afraid the Bible is true. If I could know for sure that death is an eternal sleep, I should be happy: My joy would be complete. But here is the thorn that stings me: Here is the sword that pierces my very soul - If the Bible is true, I am lost for ever.
Arrowsmith:
We are generally desirous of having fair and well-printed Bibles; but the fairest and finest impression of the Bible is to have it well printed on the reader's heart.
John Newton:
I have many books which I cannot sit down to read. They are indeed good and sound, but, like half-pennies, there goes a great quantity to a small amount. There are silver books and a very few golden books. But I have one Book worth them all called the Bible.
Dean Close:
This book is the minister's "brief," and he must not travel out of the record, because it alone contains the sum and substance of all he has to say.
Garbett:
There is a Bible because there is a God; and there is only one Bible because there is only one God.
R. M. M'Cheyne:
One gem from this ocean is worth all the pebbles from earthly streams.
Anonymous:
This Book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book.
This Page Title – The Bible Tells Me So The Wicket Gate Magazine "A Continuing Witness". Internet Edition number 79 – placed on line July 2009 Magazine web address – www.wicketgate.co.uk |