All this means that the best apologetic for the Bible is the earnest and honest use of the Bible. We may well use the apostle's fine phrase and say that those persons who follow the ideals of the Bible under the inspiration of the Saviour of the Bible are "living epistles known and read of all men." They are the modern evidences for the ancient Book, the human and divine proofs of the human and divine Book. The Bible does not fail the soul that searches its pages for the paths of truth and righteousness. The prayer of the ritual is that we may "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest, that by patience and comfort of thy Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life." In everything that bears on making men worthy subjects of everlasting life the Bible is the sure guide. All sincere souls that come to its chapters with this primary and spiritual intent will find their due reward. They may stand before the open Book confident that the voice of God will speak through the written Word and determined that they themselves shall ever be in the attitude of eager listeners, saying, "Speak, Lord; for thy servants hear." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Bible and Life, by Edwin Holt Hughes