WHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE SAID ABOUT THE BIBLE
| Victor Hugo |
| "England has two books, the Bible
and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare but the Bible made England!" |
| The following testimonies are found in the The Gideons Bible |
| Queen Victoria |
| When questioned as to the secret of Britain's greatness, replied: |
| "The Bible, the greatest possession we have." |
| To the Queen at her Coronation |
| "We present you with this Book,
the most valuable thing this world affords. Here is wisdom. This is the Royal Law. These are the lively oracles of God." |
| Abraham Lincoln |
| "I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all this book upon reason that you can and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a better man." |
| Dr. Billy Graham |
| "The Bible is the Constitution of Christianity. Just as the Constitution includes all who live under its stated domain, without exception, so the Bible includes all who live under its stated domain, without exception." |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
| "The Bible is no mere book, but a living power that conquers all who oppose it." |
| Sir Walter Scott |
| As he was dying, he asked his son-In-law to read to him out of the book. When Lockhart asked him, "What book?" he replied, |
| "There is only one book, the Bible. Throughout the world it is called 'The Book' ". |
| Dr. Win. Lyon Phelps (President, Yale University) |
| "I thoroughly believe in a university
education for both men and women: but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible. Everyone who has a thorough knowledge of the Bible may truly be called educated." |
| John Ruskin (Philosopher) |
| "All that I have ever taught of
art, everything that I have written, whatever greatness there has been any thoughts of mine, whatever I have done in rv life, has simply been due to the fact that, when I ras a child, my Mother daily read with me a part f the Bible, and daily made me learn a part of it w heart." |
| General Douglas MacArthur |
| "Ialways make leisure time for things that are good. and believe me, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed." |
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