1848 – The printing year of this antiquated Bible. I was recently given this bible from someone. I love rare and antique books, and collecting classics.
My own personal study NIV Bible
From quill to papyrus, or pen to paper
from cable to typewriter, to keyboard device
words have traveled down through the ages of time
written on scrolls, copied, or transcribed;
they came to be an integral tool expressing our voice
like a sonnet of tales, fabled or true,
not always believed, nor always rhymed.
But, poet or storyteller, essayist too,
memoirist, or scribe; their words, old or new;
if rewarded publication on printed page,
and kept in circulation via demand or reprint
they filled libraries, bookstores, institutions and schools.
But, there is one over all I treasure most
among my revered collected few.
It is God’s words and works within
one bound volume by writers He chose
to record and document all they knew.
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Joyce E. Johnson © 2015
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