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Do you read the Bible?
The Meenister’s Log
A couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses once came to the Manse. Now, I know it was the Manse, as the words “THE MANSE” were writ large in wrought-ironwork on the gate of the Manse.
I invited them into my Study, and having exchanged pleasantries for a few minutes, one of them asked if I ever read the Bible. And did I in fact posess a Bible?
I seem to remember directing their gaze to one of the book-shelves which contained several different translations and versions of the Good Book, including one in Greek and another in Hebrew.
Silence descended
Mind you, they probably weren’t convinced that I had read any of them, as they made their way out through the gates which still boldly proclaimed “THE MANSE”