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Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible
distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II.
Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new
believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of conversions and sharing
continued until 200 people had become believers through that one Bible. When
Billeser returned in 1940, this group of Christians met together for a worship
service in which he was to preach the Word. He normally asked for testimonies,
but this time he suggested that several in the audience recite verses of
Scripture. One man stood and said, "Perhaps we have misunderstood. Did you mean
verses or chapters?" These villagers had not memorized a few select verses of
the Bible but whole chapters and books. Thirteen people knew Matthew, Luke, and
half of Genesis. Another person had committed to memory the Psalms. That single
copy of the Bible given by Billester had done its work. Transformed lives bore
witness to the power of the Word.
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