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180-Year-Old Bible Survives Inferno

by | Sun, Sep 4 2022

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A 180-year-old Bible has survived a fire that left a 19th century Mississippi church in ashes.

The original pews, pulpits and stained glass were destroyed during the inferno, but not the historic Holy Book which dates back to the church’s founding.

While the Bible was usually kept open on a pulpit, someone closed it just hours before the blaze broke out, helping protect it.

A firefighter then snatched it to safety while battling the flames.

Church elder Doug Paul said the College Hill Presbyterian Church in the city of Oxford is a Bible-believing church and the congregation was overjoyed to see that the Word of God survived unscathed.

He said while there was heartbreak, there was also hope and confidence that God would protect the church and the Bible for the next 180 years.

CBN News reports churchgoers will meet in an adjacent building until they get a new house of worship.