"Generation follows generation -- yet it lives.
Nations rise and fall -
yet it lives.
Kings, dictators, presidents come and go - yet it
lives.
Hated, despised, cursed -- yet it lives.
Doubted, suspected
criticized - yet it lives.
Condemned by atheists - yet it lives.
Scoffed
at by scorners - yet it lives.
Exaggerated by fanatics - yet it
lives.
Misconstrued and misstated -- yet it lives.
Ranted and raved about
- yet it lives.
Its inspiration, denied -- yet it lives.
"Yet it lives -
as a lamp to our feet.
Yet it lives - as a light to our path.
Yet it lives
- as the gate to heaven.
Yet it lives - as a standard for childhood.
Yet
it lives - as a guide' for youth.
Yet it lives - as an inspiration for the
matured.
Yet it lives - as a comfort for the aged.
Yet it lives - as food
for the hungry.
Yet it lives - as water for the thirsty.
Yet it lives - as
rest for the weary.
Yet it lives - as light for the heathen.
Yet it
lives - as salvation for the sinner.
Yet it lives- as grace for the
Christian.
To know it is to love it.
To love it is
to accept it.
To accept it means life eternal."