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The story of mary jones and her bible internet archive. Marys parents were calvinist methodists and brought their daughter up to love the lord. She learned how mary jones saved for six years to buy a bible. As soon as she can read the large bible at the evans old farmhouse, mary makes up her mind to buy a copy for herself. Mary jones and her bible paperback book full product description in 1800, mary jones, a poor little welsh girl, wanted to buy a bible with the money she had saved for over six years. Dec 17, 2017 mary jones story true story of young christian girl who loved the word of god so much that she would do anything to get her own copy of the bible for more such interesting christian stories don. Mary jones and her bible classic fiction series by mary ropes. Mary jones and her bible isbn 9781459643048 pdf epub. A childrens story play about mary jones, a welsh girl of georgian times who saved for six long years and walked 25 miles barefoot to obtain a rare copy of the bible in welsh. Mary jones and her bible download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. The narrative which follows has been carefully founded uponfacts obtained from the most trustworthy materialwritten and verbalat the disposal of the writer. The story has been retold in forty different languages. She was a pious girl, of pious stock, who developed an intense desire to own her own bible. Inside the bible is contained in her own handwriting this statement.
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Solving puzzles is part of the fun, but the whole story is in here to read and enjoy whether you. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. This is a heartwarming, real life story of mary jones, a young girl living in rural wales in the late 1700s. Mary jones and her bible epub ropes mary achat ebook. Martyn lloyd jones from wales to westminster trail blazers series ebook. A resolution became fixed in her mind that she must have a bible of her own. The tears that mary shed were to have a dramatic effect on wales and ultimately the world.
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