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Over the the years many books and articles about Mary Jones and her Bible have been rather fictionalised by the writers’ imaginations. However, the basic narrative elements are true and can be verified from Welsh records of those times which have been translated into English in more recent years.
MARY JONES AND HER BIBLE. The story of a young girl who saved for six years and walked twenty-five miles to own a Bible in her own language. Many years ago, a little girl lived with her mother in a small grey stone cottage in the Welsh countryside.
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Apr 21, 2010 · The story of Mary Jones and her Bible by Ropes, Mary Emily; Sheila Thibodeau Lambrinos Collection - York University
Aug 2, 2011 · In the year 1800 Mary Jones, the 15-year-old daughter of a weaver from Llanfihangel-y-Pennant at the foot of Cader Idris, walked 25 miles, barefoot and across rugged mountain country, simply to...
to herself, ‘If only I had a Bible of my own!’ But that could not be—at least, not yet. A local farmer’s wife, Mrs Evans, kindly invited Mary to come to her home whenever she was free to read their family Bible in the parlour. Mary was only too pleased to walk the two miles (whatever the weather) to avail herself of the opportunity.
Our story now returns to Mary Jones, who at the time that Lewis Williams became schoolmaster at Abergynolwyn, was nearly sixteen years old. She was an active, healthy maiden, full of 84 Mary Jones. life and energy, as earnest and as diligent as ever.
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The story of Mary Jones and her Bible inspired the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mary Jones (16 December 1784 – 28 December 1864) was a Welsh girl who, at the age of fifteen, walked twenty-six miles barefoot across the countryside to buy a copy of the Welsh Bible from Thomas Charles because she did not have one. [2]
My story is included in this book as well as many other stories of people. reincarnation cases, and possible reasons for why reincarnation exists.
