Four such indisputable things I wish to point out. The first is that there is no book like the Bible. That the Bible stands among books in a class by itself, that it is different from all other books in the world, that it is the most remarkable and wonderful book in the world, is really not open to dispute. From any standpoint the Bible is a wonder.
Most books die in the year in which they are born.
If a volume survives five or ten years it is above the ordinary. If it continues to hold interest for 50 or 100 years it has some special worth. If it is preserved even longer there must be some sort of pure gold in it. The Bible, however, is not a book of mere antiquarian or scholarly interest. Though old, it is not outworn and dead.