*Condition Note: Good condition and clean for age. Minor overall wear and is signed by the author.*
The Bible is largely a book of biography, dealing with the lives, words, and works of the men and women who are the subjects of sacred history, through all the ancient world, from the gates of Eden to the Isle of Patmos. The apostle James counsels Christians to take those "who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience."
The profound influence of these Bible characters over the lives of the people of God through the ages can never be fully estimated or appreciated. The part they have played in character development has been beautifully set forth in the poem "The Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
John the Baptist
A Voice in the Wilderness
Ambassador of God
A Man of Humility
A Man of Stability
Mary, Mother of Jesus
The Widow, a Liberal Giver
Mary Magdalene, the Woman Who Loved Most
Peter
The Impetuous
A Pillar of Strength
Spokesman of Pentecost
From Saul to Paul
Saul
A Citizen From Tarsus
A Pharisee
Paul
An Apostle
A Man of Love
A Man of Faith
A Man of Certainty
A Man of Prayer
A Man of Obedience
Barnabas, Son of Consolation
Apollos, a Man of Eloquence
Mark, the Persistent
Timothy, an Unselfish Youth
Luke, the Beloved Physician
John, the Apostle of Love
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