Isaiah 40:8 The grass wither, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. A well-known Presbyterian minister is reported to have said, "We must defend the Bible." Must we? The Bible is badly off when it needs your defence or mine. I stood on the "Big Four" railway track the other day watching the Cincinnati and Cleveland express pass by. A young bee, called out by the warm April winds and bright spring sunshine, flew toward the train. Supposing I had rushed for a club or a rifle, and had run down toward the approaching express, crying aloud, "I must defend the cars from that bee's attack," would you not have said, "Get out of the way; let the train defend itself"? The Bible is its own best defence. (J. E. W. Cook.) Parallel Verses KJV: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.WEB: The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever." |
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