We praise Thee for the radiance, That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age The authority of the Scriptures is not a matter to be defended, so much as to be asserted ... I am reminded of what the great Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said in this connexion: 'There is no need for you to defend a lion when he is being attacked. All you need to do is to open the..