Why Should We Read?

The lives of most young people today are so overcrowded with duties and pleasures that, they will say, there is simply no time just to sit down peaceably to read. And if occasionally there are just a few unoccupied moments, they are too tired, and “Ho Hum!” I guess I’ll go to bed early tonight for once!’’ is usually the end of that. Life today is too crowded, too busy, too fast for quiet, leisurely enjoyment of books. Even we Christians, who do not (or do we?) busy ourselves with the things of...