! CHAPTER I<br > ~ "4 " ~ " ，9 o<br >i~. A I N U P A C H I L D<br >.~:， A LONa rIMt ago， I heard Someone say that men fall in<br > Jove with what they see， Women with what they hear. I fell<br >~ in love with the Bible when it spoke to me. Its words were<br > in my ear in the morning when I rose， in my bed at night.<br > Words evoke images that appear to me the way a movie<br > Occasionally does. I have found myself with Ruth and<br > Naomi on the way between Moab and Bethlehem or em-<br > pathizit~g with Mary Magdalene at the reception her report<br > of the Resurrection received.<br > Through bitterness， through joy， for better or for Worse，<br > the Bible is my pastor. It sustains， feeds， leads， lifts， elu-<br > Cidates， mothers and husbands me<br > Thla~~Uld s.ay many things abe_ ~<br > ~ ~，od ts available whA- rut my travels with the Bible.<br > That Spiritual ~" tUrned to for direction.<br >termediary， guidance COmes directly， without an in-<br >