The Bible

Unique among the book of the world is the Bible.

The perennial best seller,

The bible is to the believer holy scriptures,

The word of God- and the wayfaring man,

Though he be a fool, can by reading it

Find way of salvation.

The word “Bible”

Means book being derived from

The smaller form of Biblios

Which is Biblion {a little book}

Hence the bible is the book of books.

The story of the death of Sir WALTER SCOTT

Illustrates this when dying, Scott,

The professor of a great library, called to his son

” Bring, the Book” which book asked the son.

Sir Walter Scott replied

“There is only one book which is the Bible”.

That this book so impressed him as did no other-

Is recorded in the poem he had already written;

Within that awful volume lies

The mystery of mysteries race

Happiest may of the human race

To whom their God was granted grace

To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,

To lift the latch and force the way

And better have they ne’er been born

Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

The Bible is,

Indeed the most unique of all books

And its uniqueness may be seen

From the following consideration.

In it’s sources:

The Bible comes not from any attempt by men

To discover God and this record their experience with God

These experience are then analyzed to determine

Those principles which are common to all of them.

In it’s style:

The literary style of the Bible portrays

A sublimity and unity that is starting

Men such as H.G WELLS, have tried to duplicate it

But have given up the attempts in hopeless frustration.

In it’s Supernatural authority inspiration:

Because of the uniqueness of it’s source and style

There need to be an explanation of why this Book

is superior to all other sacred books of competing religion

Which contend they are authoritative for man.

Selection:

God did not simply use any human instrument

To bring into existence the Bible

Special men with the right

Background and qualification were selected by God.