If you come to Holy Scripture with growth in grace, and with aspirations for yet higher attainments, the Book grows with you, and grows upon you. It is also ever beyond you, cheerily cries, “Higher yet! Excelsior!” Many books in my library are now behind and beneath me; I read them, years ago, with considerable pleasure; I have read them since, with disappointment; I shall never read them again, for they are of no service to me. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore when
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