Dale Ridge church of Christ

In some circles of so-called higher learning it is considered a mark of inferior ability and attainments to read the Bible. Yet among the readers of the Bible, in all ages, have been some of the ablest leaders and most brilliant minds. Witness the following:

GEORGE WASHINGTON: It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible…. He is worse than an infidel who does not read his Bible and acknowledge his obligation to God.

JOHN ADAMS: The Bible is the best Book in the world.

THOMAS JEFFERSON: I have always said and always will say that the studious perusal of the Sacred Volume will make better citizens, better fathers, better husbands…. The Bible makes the best people in the world.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising…. It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day…. It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance by faith and you will live and die a better man.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.

WOODROW WILSON: I have a very simple thing to ask of you. I ask every man and woman in this audience that from this day on they will realize that part of the destiny of America lies in their daily perusal of this great book.

MARTIN LUTHER: Holy Scripture is a sweet-scented herb, and the more you rub it, the more it emits its fragrance.

JOHN WESLEY: O give me that Book! At any price, give me that Book of God. Here is knowledge enough for me. Let me be a man of one Book.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON: I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.

WILLIAM PENN: The Scriptures contain a declaration of the mind and will of God…. They ought also to be read, believed, and fulfilled in our day. We accept them as the words of God himself.

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE: Let no religious book take its place. People do not read the Bible enough.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Cultivate an acquaintance with and a firm belief in the Holy Scriptures. This is your certain interest.

DANIEL WEBSTER: From the time that, at my mothers feet or on my fathers knee, I first learned to lisp the verses from the sacred writings, they have been my daily study and vigilant contemplation.

WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE: I have known ninety-five great men of the world in my time, and of these, eighty seven were all followers of the Bible.

JOHN WANAMAKER: I cannot too greatly emphasize the importance and value of Bible study- more important than ever before in these days of uncertainties, when men and women are apt to decide questions from the standpoint of expediency rather than upon the eternal principles laid down by God himself

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Filed under: Author Unknown, Devotional on September 23rd, 2007