![]() ![]() And may gain life unending through Christ, by His death. page 10 All who will may be saved by obedient faith, – John 3:18 Rev. And the mercy of God through the Savior conferred. Saving faith comes by hearing the life-giving Word, – Rom. When His love and His goodness to them are made known. Men are saved by their faith in the Crucified One, – Rom. Nor restore from the curse, nor redeem from the grave. Have the power to cleanse, nor forgive, nor to save, – Rom. That the wisdom of men nor the works of the Law – 1 Cor. FROM the Scriptures of truth this conclusion we draw, – 2 Tim. Some people read, as I have often thought, To teach the Book, instead of to be taught. Some read to prove a pre-adopted creed, Thus understand but little what they read And every passage in the Book they bend To make it suit that all-important end. page 9 One reads with father's specs upon his head, And sees the thing just as his father did Another reads through Campbell or through Scott, And thinks it means exactly what they thought. Some read the blessed Book – they don't know why, It somehow happens in the way to lie Whilst others read it with uncommon care, But all to find some contradictions there. Some read it for the wonders that are there, How David killed a lion and a bear Whilst others read – or rather in it look – Because, perhaps, they have no other book. ![]() Some read to bring unto themselves repute, By showing others how they can dispute Whilst others read because their neighbors do, To see how long 'twill take to read it through. Some read it as a history, to know How the people lived three thousand years ago. Some read it with design to learn to read, But to the subject pay but little heed Some read it as their duty once a week, But no instruction from the Bible seek Whilst others read it without common care, With no regard to how they read or where. 'TIS one thing now to read the Bible through, Another thing to read, to learn and do 'Tis one thing now to read it with delight, And quite another thing to read it right. It tells of a Savior, and points to the cross, Where pardon we now may secure And we know that when time and the world pass away God's Word shall forever endure. Oh, wonderful, wonderful Word of the Lord! Our only salvation is there It carries conviction down deep in the heart, And shows us ourselves as we are. Oh, wonderful, wonderful Word of the Lord! The lamp that our Father above So kindly hath lighted to teach us the way That leads to the arms of His love! Its warnings, its counsels, are faithful and just Its judgments are perfect and pure And we know that when time and the world pass away, God's Word shall forever endure. OH, wonderful, wonderful Word of the Lord! True wisdom its pages unfold And though we may read them a thousand times o'er, They never, no never, grow old! Each line hath a pleasure, each promise a pearl, That all if they will may secure And we know that when time and the world pass away, God's Word shall forever endure. BUILD thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea. Her richest treasures for their lasting weal. ![]() To those thus seeking her, she ever yields Rewarding patient toil, and faith, and zeal. Truth springs like harvest from the well-ploughed fields, Nor her fair banner in their midst unfurled. Is truth's fair treasure found, 'mongst tares and weeds Nor in the merchandise 'twixt church and world, Not in the general clash of human creeds, Not in the world's gay hall of midnight mirth, Not in the general mart, 'mid corn and wine It brings some buried truth-seeds to the light. Ploughs up the subsoil of the stagnant heart, When the strong hand of God, put forth in might, Sometimes, 'mid conflict, turmoil, fear and grief, Hard buffeting with adverse wind and stream. Nor wafted on the breath of summer dream īut grasped in the great struggle of the soul, Great truths are dearly won not found by chance, Such as men give and take from day to day,īlown by the careless wind across our way. ![]()
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