The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River

Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 1

by Jesse Lyman HURLBUT (1843 - 1930)

Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them this question: "If for any reason you were to spend a year absolutely alone, in a prison for instance, and could select from your library three volumes to be taken with you as companions in your period of retirement please to inform us what those three books would be." The inquiry was sent to peers of the realm, prominent leaders in politics, judges, authors, manufacturers, merchants, gentlemen of leisure—men who would represent every aspect of successful life. In the answers it was found that ninety-eight of the hundred men named "The Bible" first on the list of the three books to be chosen. (From Book introduction)

Listen next episodes of Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 1:
How Aaron Made a Golden Calf and What Became of It , How Moses Looked upon the Promised Land , How the Long Journey of the Israelites Came to an End , How the Sea Became Dry Land and the Sky Rained Bread , How They Worshipped God in the Tabernacle , The Cluster of Grapes from the Land of Canaan , The Mountain That Smoked and Words That Were Spoke , The Night When a Nation Was Born , The River That Ran Blood , The Scapegoat in the Wilderness , The Story of Job , The Tent Where God Lived Among His People , The Voice from the Burning Bush , What a Wise Man Learned from an Ass , What Strong Drink Brought to Aaron's Sons