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"In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it."
"The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying the institutes of the great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church: which are to be found clearly written and promuligated in the New Testament."
"There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history."
"The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that."
"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history."
"England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England."
"For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant."
"And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord."
"All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."
"With God, all things are possible."
"The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth."
"Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white."
"The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity."
"Holy Scripture could never lie or err...its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth."
"The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired."
"It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth -- whenever its true meaning is understood. But I believe nobody will deny that it is often very abstruse, and may say things which are quite different from wha."
"Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ."
"All bibles are man-made."
"If the Bible is mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust it to tell us where we're going ?"
"I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am."
