Old Bible found.

[jnicholes]

So, I was cleaning out my storage room today. While I was cleaning it out, I found this. It is a Bible. No date on it. It looks very old, though. While I was looking at it, I discovered something that hints to its age. It was written in the back of the Bible.

“God be merciful to me a sinner
Born 1882
Born again 1903
He loved me that he gave himself for me.”

Whoever first owned this Bible was born in 1882, and was born again, or baptized, in 1903.

This thing is OLD. I would guess between 1880 and 1900s.

I also found a bookmark in it stating the 10 Commandments.

I have a special shelf and display cabinet where I put antique and vintage scriptures. I’ll put it in there.

Well, that’s all. It was an amazing find to me. I hope you found it amazing too.

Jared

 

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[FRRichard]

Interesting Bible.
"God be merciful to me a sinner" comes from Luke 18:13, and is a prayer used by Orthodox Christians often as in the Jesus Prayer -- 'Oh Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, be merciful to me, a sinner'

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[SilverDreams]

It makes sense the Bible was printed after 1901. If the person was baptized in 1903, perhaps this was a gift at that time. I was gifted a new Bible by my in-laws when I was baptized.