Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 3

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. How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh
2. The Brave Young Prince
3. Saul's Great Sin and His Great Loss
4. The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem
5. The Shepherd Boy's Fight with the Giant
6. The Little Boy Looking for the Arrows
7. Where David Found the Giant's Sword
8. How David Spared Saul's Life
9. The Last Days of King Saul
10. The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King
11. The Sound in the Treetops
12. The Cripple at the King's Table
13. The Prophet's Story of the Little Lamb
14. David's Handsome Son and How He Stole the Kingdom
15. Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne
16. The Angel with the Drawn Sword on Mount Moriah
17. Solomon on David's Throne
18. The Wise Young King
19. The House of God on Mount Moriah
20. The Last Days of Solomon's Reign