John McLean, Justice of United States Supreme Court, clearly stated to the American Bible Society in 1852:
“Aside from Revelation, darkness rests upon the world and upon the future … The Bible hs shed a glorious light upon the world. It shows us that in the coming days we must answer for the deeds done in the body. It has opened to us a new and living way, so plainly marked out that no one can mistake it. The price paid for our redemption show the value of our immortal souls.”