Secular View of the Bible

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is due to God and to mankind, it is due to that universal and spontaneous aspiration of all men which we call religion, and it is due to literary art that the Bible should be rescued from its isolation, and made a common heritage. The currents of modern thought and taste, supported by human experiences, are leaving this most valuable and charming book in an eddy. We no longer read it as our fathers and mothers did.