One Solitary Life (no one has affected the life of mankind as powerfully as that one solitary life)

http://www.anointedlinks.com ^ | © 1926 | Dr James Allan Francis in “The Real Jesus and Other Sermons”

[Liz]

Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman.

He grew up in another village.

He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.

Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home.

He never wrote a book.

He never held an office.

He never had a family.

He never went to college.

He never put His foot inside a big city.

He never traveled two hundred miles from the place He was born.

He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness.

He had no credentials but Himself...

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves. While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a centerpiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.

This essay was adapted from a sermon by Dr James Allan Francis in “The Real Jesus and Other Sermons”
© 1926 by the Judson Press of Philadelphia (pp 123-124 titled “Arise Sir Knight!”). Read the original version (link at web site).

[Liz]

Alexander Scourby 1913-1985

Before the secularization of our culture, the MSM used to feature this essay narrated by the basso profoundo voice of actor Alexander Scourby.

Alexander Scourby made voice recordings of over 500 different books. He considered the Bible to be his most important. He describes why in the following letter. “ ...it is the one book that has the power to inspire, encourage, comfort and change the life of the person who hears it. I know this because during the many years since I narrated the Bible, numerous people have written thanking me for creating such a beautiful reading. I have been greatly humbled and moved by the many letters I have received from people around the world telling me how God used the Bible narrations to change their lives and the lives of their loved ones, encourage them in their hour of need, and even healed them as they listened to the Words of Life. "

Scourby was baptized as a Greek Orthodox and married in an Episcopalian church to the same women 42 years, til his death.

[johngrace]

Always loved this article. Thanks.

[verga]

Thank you for posting this. I had fogotten about it.

[Semper Mark]

I couldn't find the version narrated by Alexander Scourby, which I would love to hear, but I did find this -

One Solitary Life narrated by Bing Crosby

[bicyclerepair]

EPCOT’s Candlelight Procession Narrated by ‘Ariel’ the little mermaid used this during the concert this year (saw it last week). It was AWESOME! She was the best narrator so far.

[stevio]

Amen!

[LetMarch]

Beautiful! Thanks for your post! “The Incomparable Christ”

And we have loved the recorded reading of Alexander Scourby for many years!(before his death)

I have a set in the home, in the car, and have given many sets to relatives and friends!

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but His word shall never pass away.”

[444Flyer]

Oh, you are going to love this one too Markos! I heard Cash's version years ago and have never forgotten it. Powerful coming from the mouth of a fellow Sinner saved by the Grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEc2gMNikhI