Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 4

by Jesse Lyman HURLBUT (1843 - 1930)

The Chariots of Fire around Elisha

Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 4

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 4:
Elisha and the Bow; Jonah and Nineveh , How the Ten Tribes Were Lost , Jehu, the Furious Driver of His Chariot , What the Lepers Found in the Camp