One of the objective proofs, one of the
external proofs, has been the marvelous preservation of
the Bible.
There have been times when actually the Bible
has been reduced to just one volume.
And there was a king of old, we
read about him in Jeremiah, and when the
word was sent to him, he took a
penknife and he cut it to pieces.
But it's quite interesting that we have that
word today.
There have been a great many Bible burnings.
There's a great deal of antagonism to it.
They don't burn it today because we're a
little too civilized, we think, in this country.
So the way they do is just outlaw
it in our schools and in many other
places.
And yet we talk about that we have
freedom of religion and that we have freedom
of speech today.
And wouldn't a person be free if he
wanted to read the Bible?
And as we've suggested before, they deny themselves
of the greatest literature when the Bible is
denied to young people today.
In spite of all the attacks, though, that
have been made upon it, why, it still
exists.
And, of course, it's one of the bestsellers.
There were for many years it was the
bestseller, and it's not today.
I regret to have to say that, but
it is true that it's not the bestseller
at the present time.
And that is certainly a commentary on our
contemporary society which reveals that the Bible is
not really occupying the place that it once
did in the history and the life of
this nation.
Now, I think the preservation of it is
worthy of consideration.