Instead, they randomly flip pages or just read wherever their Bible happens to fall open. In celebrating the impact of the Bible in American history and culture, every citizen will be encouraged to read the Bible. Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. The doctrine they preach, the obligations they impose, the punishment they threaten, the rewards they promise, the stamp and image of divinity they bear, which produces a conviction of their truths, can alone secure to society, order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability and usefulness. In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.
Bibles are strong entrenchments.
More than two centuries later, members of Congress, governors and mayors will issue Bible Week proclamations to encourage Americans to read the Bible. According to Robert Saul, executive vice president of the National Bible Association, after the announcement of the attack, network executives considered it inappropriate to return to NBC's regularly-scheduled comedy hour. In looking for a suitable alternative, the executives learned that the businessmen were present in the studio waiting to promote Bible Week. The businessmen were more than happy to be the last-minute substitute. They read from the Bible for the entire hour.