This is a lesson to us all to look into every filing cabinet, every drawer, every attic, every garage, and to actually go thrhough things carefully instead of just throwing them away.
Even letters that look worthless may be worth saving, because they document a period of time that other people, somewhere, could be interested in.
340-Year-Old Bible Discovered by School Teacher
A 340-year-old bible discovery can attest to the fact that they sure don't make things like they used to. The German bible was discovered by a sixth grade teacher inside an old safe in a small Lutheran church school where she works in Bonduel, Wisconsin.
Debra Court found the bible two years ago while she was searching for old baptism records to show her students.
"I was looking for the old baptism records to show my students and then up here in the corner was where the Bible was tucked," explained Court, not realizing what a rare find she stumbled upon.
The church's pastor Timothy Shoup sent the 340-year-old bible to researchers at the Concordia Seminary Library in St. Louis, that have now identified it.
"We've spanned this gap with this Bible - two centuries. Most of our stuff is from the 1800s floating around here," explained Pastor Shoup.
Lyle Buettner works in the Concordia Seminary Library and says the church possesses one of about 40 copies located across the United States and in parts of Germany. He believes that's more than likely only a small fraction, since many copies are probably not recorded.
A 340-year-old bible is truly an amazing find for the church. However, the big question everyone wants to know is how the bible got there. An act of God, perhaps? Hopefully, they can trace the bible back to its original owner and pass it on to the descendants of that person. What do you think?
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