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title: 'James W. Alexander on Our Daily Bread'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-12-10
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-james-w-alexander-on-our-daily-bread
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# James W. Alexander on Our Daily Bread

“There was a celebrated Greek painter \[Apelles\], who accomplished such a number of works as surprised his friends, until he told them that his motto was, *No day without a line*. A little every day will effect a great deal in the course of a year. It is constant dropping which wears away the rocks. Hence it is far more important to read a portion every day, even though it be only a few verses, than to read many chapters at once, but at irregular intervals. The Holy Scriptures are the nourishment of our souls, just as food is of our bodies; and we should be as unwilling to omit our daily portion of the word of God, as to miss one of our ordinary meals.” — [**James W. Alexander**](/authors/james-waddel-alexander), *Uncle Austin and His Nephews, or, The Scripture Guide* - *Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Bible* (1838), pp. 226-227