---
title: 'The Bible: The King of Books'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas De Witt Talmage'
date: 1886-09-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Archaeology'
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 7'
- 'Psalms 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/talmage-1886-the-bible-the-king-of-books
---

# The Bible: The King of Books

Profile of poet John G. Saxe and two sermons by T. DeWitt Talmage: one urging mercy (Matt. 7) and one defending the Bible's authenticity via archaeological evidence (Ps. 19).

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