C.H. Spurgeon on one occasion went into Scotland and stopped at a wayside inn. There he picked up an old worm-eaten Bible.

He held it up between himself and the sun, and there was just one place that he could see the light clear through. One worm had begun at Genesis and had eaten right through to Revelation.

Mr. Spurgeon said, "Lord, make me a bookworm like that!"

Oh, that we all could just eat into the Bible a little section at a time! But if you study it word by word, you will be enriched. Word studies of the Bible are like picking up pearls and diamonds.

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