In The Early Christian Centuries Thousands Turned To The Bible, As
Drowning Men To A Life Buoy, Because It Offered Them The Only Way
Of Escape From The Intolerable Social And Moral Ills That Attended
The Death Pangs Of The Old Heathenism. Then Came The Dark Ages,
With Their Resurgent Heathenism And Barbarism, When The Bible Was
Taken From The Hands Of The People. In The Hour Of A Nation's
Deepest Humiliation And Moral Depravity, John Wycliffe, With The
Aid Of A Devoted Army Of Lay Priests, Gave Back The Bible To The
People, And In So Doing Laid The Foundations For England's
Intellectual, Political And Moral Greatness. The Joy And
Inspiration Of The Protestant Reformers Was The Rediscovery And
Popular Interpretation Of The Bible. In All The Great Forward
Movements Of The Modern Centuries The Bible Has Played A Central
Role. The Ultimate Basis Of Our Magnificent Modern Scientific And
Material Progress Is The Inspiration Given To The Human Race By The
