July 1, 2009

inestimable value

"The most learned, acute, and diligent student cannot,
in the longest life,
obtain an entire knowledge of this one Volume.
The most deeply he works the mine,
the richer and more abundant he finds the ore;
new light continually beams from this source
of heavenly knowledge to direct the conduct,
and illustrate the work of God and the ways of men;
and he will at last leave the world
confessing that the more he studied the Scriptures
the fuller conviction he had of his own ignorance,
and of their inestimable value."
- Walter Scott