Today in Typography, Bruce was mumbling on as he usually does, but somehow amid his swift, slurred speech and the hum of the air duct so aptly placed at the front of the classroom, I understood a story about his trip to New York with senior art students. They had visited the International Bible Society and got to look at all the old Bibles. One had a long chain attached to it and was completely handwritten. He asked why it had a chain on it and the Society people told him it was so no one could steal it back in the day. Back then, Bibles were in such short supply they actually had to chain them to the table so no one could walk off with them!
My family has an entire shelf of Bibles. We've got the children's editions, the Precious Moments, the Teen Devotionals... it's hard to picture a time when these books held such value. That's a sad statement right there if you think about it. Bibles contain the very word of God himself! Why don't we treasure them anymore? Why don't we have to worry about them getting stolen?
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