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Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 7

by Jesse Lyman HURLBUT (1843 - 1930)

The Man Reading in the Chariot

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)

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Listen next episodes of Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 7:
How Paul Came to Rome and How He Lived There , How the Iron Gate Was Opened , Paul at Corinth , Paul at Ephesus , Paul in the Storm , Paul's Last Journey to Jerusalem , Paul's Speech on the Hill , The City of God , The Earliest Missionaries , The Song in the Prison , The Speech on the Stairs , The Story That Paul Told to the King , The Throne of God , The Voice That Spoke to Saul , Two Years in Prison , What Peter Saw by the Sea