Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
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Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
Happiest they of human race,
To whom God has granted grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, and force the way:
And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.

It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the
Gospel is good fare."

It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the
Gospel is good fare."

The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

The history of every individual man should be a Bible.

Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.

Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy
testimonies are my meditation.

I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy
testimonies are my meditation.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

We search the world for truth; we cull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From all old read more

We search the world for truth; we cull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From all old flower fields of the soul;
And, weary seeker of the best,
We come back laden from out quest,
To find that all the sages said
Is in the Book our mothers read.

Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant
would drown.

Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant
would drown.

So we're all right, an' I, for one,
Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
By rammin' read more

So we're all right, an' I, for one,
Don't think our cause'll lose in vally
By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun,
An' gittin' Natur' for an ally.