---
title: 'Companionable Books'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1922-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'John 1'
- 'Isaiah 53'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1922-companionable-books
---

# Companionable Books

Van Dyke praises the Bible as a uniquely vital, life-giving book whose unity and spiritual depth have shaped literature and human life. He celebrates its enduring companionship and influence.

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