SUNDAY SOLILOQUY: Imagine the number of hours it took to do this . . .

June 5, 2022 February 5, 2023by Donna R Causey

The following is from the Birmingham Iron Age newspaper on May 20, 1875. It must have taken hours to count and could be done easily with a computer today. I wonder how accurate the lady was.

CURIOUS REMARKS ON THE BIBLE

By a widow at 65 who had nothing to do, and could not sleep:

The Bible contains 3, 566,689 letters, 819,697 words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chapters and 66 books. The word ‘and’ occurs 46,227 times; Lord 1,854: Reverend only once, and that in the 111^th Psalm. The 27^th verse of the 7^th chapter of Ezra contains the alphabet.

The 19^th chapter of the 21^st book of Kings and 37^th chapter of Isaiah are alike. The first man recorded as buried in a coffin was Joseph, 50^th chapter of Genesis and 26^th verse. Nowhere but in the 1^st chapter, 2^nd Timothy is the name grandmother mentioned.

Two particularly fine chapters to read you will find are the 21^st Job and the 26^th of Acts. There is no name or word of more than six syllables in the Holy Bible.

See best-selling Books by Donna R Causey

Bestselling novel RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love Book 1) is the story of a first family in colonial America who migrated to Alabama before it became a state.

Donna R Causey

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Facebook

4 comments

John H. Allen February 7, 2016

Count WHAT? Hours to do WHAT?
Linda Grissom May 20, 2017

Fred Grissom
Roger Attaway May 21, 2017

She must have been a very strong Christian and probably a Sunday school teacher also.
Carolyn Robinson March 25, 2018

I wonder if she double-checked her counts.

CURIOUS REMARKS ON THE BIBLE

By a widow at 65 who had nothing to do, and could not sleep:

See best-selling Books by Donna R Causey

Bestselling novel RIBBON OF LOVE: 2nd edition – A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love Book 1) is the story of a first family in colonial America who migrated to Alabama before it became a state.

You may also like

4 comments