American messenger . WHY I LOVE THE BIBLE BY REV. EDGAR WHITAKER WORK, D. D. Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York City EDGAR W. WORK, HE pronoun of the first personin the title of this article isafter all not personal. Thewriter has an idea that if hecan state in personal termssome reasons for loving theBible, he may be able to someextent to interpret the subject for others. Forthe Bible is the book of all hearts: it is not ex-clusive, but inclusive. What is true of one ofus may be true of many others. There are of course many great reasons whyI love the Bible. It is Gods b
American messenger . WHY I LOVE THE BIBLE BY REV. EDGAR WHITAKER WORK, D. D. Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York City EDGAR W. WORK, HE pronoun of the first personin the title of this article isafter all not personal. Thewriter has an idea that if hecan state in personal termssome reasons for loving theBible, he may be able to someextent to interpret the subject for others. Forthe Bible is the book of all hearts: it is not ex-clusive, but inclusive. What is true of one ofus may be true of many others. There are of course many great reasons whyI love the Bible. It is Gods book, inspired anddirected of Him. It is the book of is the book of Christ, and of grace and salva-tion. It is the book of the past, the present andthe future—the book of the times and theeternities. But there are many minor reasons why I lovethe Bible, which are in a sense more personaland more intimate. I love it first because—well, just because it is a lovable book. Thatwas the meaning of the psalmist when he said:How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea,sweeter than honey to my mouth! Indeed, thepsalmist is often in this moo
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