Will the Old Book Stand?

Will the Old Book stand, when the “higher critics” state
That grave errors are discovered on its page?
Will it save the sinful soul? Will it make the wounded whole?
Will its glorious truth abide from age to age?

Will its message still abide, when the scientists decide
That its record of Creation is untrue?
Tell us the ascent of man is by evolution’s plan,
Will its principles the sinful heart renew?

When in language wondrous fair, “Christian Scientists” declareThat there is no evil, only mortal mind.
When mental treatment fails, and seeming death prevails,
May we in the Bible consolation find?

When infidels parade the mistakes which Moses made,
When the truth of Revelation they deny,
Will the Ten Commandments still the demands of justice fill?
Will its support us when we come to die?

Yes, the Word of God shall stand, though assailed on every hand,
its foundations are eternally secure;
It will bear the critic’s test, and the idle scoffers jest,
Its saving truth forever shall endure.





found on page 15 of Ian Paisley's book Christian Foundations,
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