"That book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests." - Andrew Jackson
According to James Hamilton, there are two kinds of Bible readers -
those who skim the surface and those who dig deep. He describes them by
comparing them to two common insects. He writes, "One is remarkable for
its imposing plumage, which shows in the sunbeams like the dust of gems;
as you watch its jaunty gyrations over the fields and its minuet dance
from flower to flower, you cannot help admiring its graceful activity,
for it is plainly getting over a great deal of ground. "But in the same
field there is another worker, whose brown vest and businesslike,
straightforward flight may not have arrested your eye. His fluttering
neighbor darts down here and there, and sips elegantly wherever he can
find a drop of ready nectar; but this dingy plodder makes a point of
alighting everywhere, and wherever he alights he either finds honey or
makes it. If the flower-cup be deep, he goes down to the bottom; if its
dragon- mouth be shut, he thrusts its lips asunder; and if the nectar be
peculiar, he explores all about till he discovers it...His rival of the
painted 