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The Great Controversy
between different countries, the breaking down of ancient barriers of
prejudice and national exclusiveness, and the loss of secular power by
the pontiff of Rome have opened the way for the entrance of the word
of God. For some years the Bible has been sold without restraint in
the streets of Rome, and it has now been carried to every part of the
habitable globe.
The infidel Voltaire once boastingly said: “I am weary of hearing
people repeat that twelve men established the Christian religion. I
will prove that one man may suffice to overthrow it.” Generations
have passed since his death. Millions have joined in the war upon
the Bible. But it is so far from being destroyed, that where there
were a hundred in Voltaire’s time, there are now ten thousand, yes,
a hundred thousand copies of the book of God. In the words of an
early Reformer concerning the Christian church, “The Bible is an anvil
that has worn out many hammers.” Saith the Lord: “No weapon that
is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise
against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.”
Isaiah 54:17
.
“The word of our God shall stand forever.” “All His commandments
are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and
uprightness.”
Isaiah 40:8
;
Psalm 111:7, 8
. Whatever is built upon the
authority of man will be overthrown; but that which is founded upon
the rock of God’s immutable word shall stand forever.
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