400th Year of the King James Bible
Here it Stands

Century follows century, but here it stands;
Empires rise and fall and are forgotten, but here it stands;
Dynasty succeed dynasty, but here it stands;
Kings are crowned and then uncrowned, but here it stands;
Emperors decree its extermination, but here it stands;
Storms of hate storm all about it, but here it stands;
Atheism rails against it, but here it stands;
Thunderbolts of wrath smite upon it, but here it stands;
Like an anvil that has broken a million hammers, here it stands!"

This is the hammer, and the flames have kindled all about it, here it stands;
The tooth of time gnaws but fades it not, here it stands;
Infidels predict its abandonment, but here it stands;
Devotees of folly today denounce it, but here it stands;

It is still God's highway to paradise;
It is still the light on the pathway of the darkest night;
It still leads businessmen to integrity and uprightness;
It is still the great consoler in every bereavement;
It still answers every great question of the soul;
It still solves every problem of life;
It is still the fortress that is often attacked but never failing

It is wisdom, and its wisdom is commanding; its logic is convincing;
Salvation is its watchword, Eternal life its goal;

It punctures all pretence;
It is forward looking, outward looking, upward looking;
It outlives, outlifts, outloves, outreaches, outranks, outruns, all other books;
You better trust it, and obey it, and if you do, eternal life is yours.

By A.Z. Conrad