Bible, he might have died in misery, uncared for, unnoticed and alone. Verily the world we live in is fearfully unconscious of its debts. The last day alone, I believe, will tell the full amount of benefit conferred upon it by the Bible. This wonderful book is the subject about which I address the reader of this paper this day. Surely it is no light matter _what you are doing with the Bible_. The swords of conquering Generals,--the ship in which Nelson led the fleets of England to victory,--the hydraulic press which raised the tubular bridge at the Menai;--each and all of these are objects of interest as instruments of mighty power. The Book I speak of this day is an instrument a thousand-fold mightier still. Surely it is no light matter whether you are paying it the attention it deserves. I charge you, I summon you to give me an honest answer this day,--What art thou doing with the Bible? Dost thou read it? HOW READEST THOU? V. In the fifth place, _no book in existence can do so much for every one who reads it rightly as the Bible_. The Bible does not profess to teach the wisdom of this world. It was not written to explain geology or astronomy. It will neither instruct you in mathematics, nor in natural philosophy. It will not make you a doctor, or a lawyer, or an engineer. But there is another world to be thought of, beside that world in which man now lives. There are other ends for which man was created, beside making money and working. There are other interests which he is meant to attend to, beside those of his body, and those interests are the interests of his soul. It is the interests of the immortal soul which the Bible is especially able to promote. If you would know law, you may study Blackstone or Sugden. If you would know astronomy or geology, you may study Herschel and Lyell. But if you would know how to have your soul saved, you must study the written Word of God. The Bible is "_able to make a man wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus_." (2 Tim. iii. 15.) It can show you the way which leads to heaven. It can teach you everything you need to know, point out everything you need to believe, and explain everything you need to do. It can show you what you are,--_a sinner_. It can show you what God is,--perfectly _holy_. It can show you the great giver of pardon, peace, and grace,--_Jesus Christ_. I have read of an Englishman who visited Scotland in the days of Blair, Rutherford, and Dickson, three famous preachers,--and heard all three in succession. He said that the first showed him the majesty of God,--the second showed him the beauty of Christ,--and the third showed him all his heart. It is the glory and beauty of the Bible that it is always teaching these three things more or less, from the first chapter of it to the last.