The Bible (2)
It is like some tall peak whose awesome form , resting on the earth , reaches the stars . It's heights are infinite , distant , dim , enveloped in clouds , but glorious in their obscurity and mystery . Those heights were not meant for mortal feet to tread . Only angels can breathe that ethereal atmosphere , or venture to explore the high and deep things of God . For you and me , those sublime heights are meant only that we may gaze , admire , adore . This is where the Bible touches God and heaven ; we must only look and be lost in the glory . But where the Bible touches the earth it touches our level ; here are no clouds or darkness ; all is light and plain and clear , because here lies the path of duty . True ,we may , as we become more and more familiar with God's truth , climb higher , get more extended prospects , truer views of the relation between the here and the hereafter , but even then we shall only be overwhelmed wit the depths of riches both of the wisdom and knowle...