"Put the Bible into them, my brother," said an earnest Scotch divine to
us many years ago, and there is nothing grows as well, or yields as much,
as the Bible, used as seed. People may tell you that they want something
else, something more attractive and pleasing. Yes, but they won't say so
in the time of harvest. You may plant your field with flower-seeds, sow
tulips, marigolds, mignonette, &c., those will look very well in June and
July, but how about September? The very people that asked for them in
spring will curse you for them in autumn.