Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 2

Author(s)

• Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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)

1. The Story of a Scarlet Cord
2. How the River Jordan Became Dry
3. The Story of a Wedge of Gold
4. How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan
5. The Old Man Who Fought Against the Giants
6. The Avenger of Blook and the Cities of Refuge
7. The Story of an Altar Beside the River
8. The Present That Ehud Brought to King Eglon
9. How a Woman Won a Great Victory
10. Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred
11. Jephthah's Rash Promise and What Came from It
12. The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Died
13. The Idol Temple at Dan and Its Priest
14. How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz
15. The Little Boy with a Linen Coat
16. How the Idol Fell Down Before the Ark
17. The Last of the Judges
18. The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King