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The Bible Contains The Revelation Of The Will Of God. It Contains The History Of The Creation Of The World, And Of Mankind.

This Hand, To Tyrants Ever Sworn The Foe, For Freedom Only Deals The Deadly Blow; Then Sheathes In Calm Repose The Vengeful Blade, For Gentle Peace In Freedom's Hallowed Shade.

What Is The Right Of The Huntsman To The Forest Of A Thousand Miles Over Which He Has Accidentally Ranged In Quest Of Prey? Shall The Fields And Vallies, Which A Beneficent God Has Formed To Teem With The Life Of Innumerable Multitudes, Be Condemned To Everlasting Barrenness?

I Shall Look For Whatever Success May Attend My Public Service; And Knowing That "except The Lord Keep The City The Watchman Waketh But In Vain," With Fervent Supplications For His Favor, To His Overruling Providence I Commit With Humble But Fearless Confidence My Own Fate And The Future Destinies Of My Country.

So Great Is My Veneration For The Bible That The Earlier My Children Begin To Read It The More Confident Will Be My Hope That They Will Prove Useful Citizens Of Their Country And Respectable Members Of Society. I Have For Many Years Made It A Practice To Read Through The Bible Once Every Year.