Scripture power: Expansive collection represents personal testimony, LDS history
Barnard Silver's scriptures are aged and modern, worn and pristine.
They have rough bindings and sharp, crisp pages; white leather and blue vinyl, with brown, black and a hint of gold mixed in.
And they won't fit in any scripture bag.
Over six decades, Silver has built a library of latter-day scripture that today ranges from an 1830 first-edition Book of Mormon off the Grandin Press to a July 2008 Spanish El Libro de Mormon. In between these bookends is a stunningly voluminous and diverse collection.
These books reflect Silver's personal testimony and heritage, with each one telling its own story along with the message of the Restoration.
Today, Silver owns 1,503 non-English copies of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price, along with numerous English copies.
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a grand hobby
hbeckett | July 16, 2009 at 4:57 p.m.
that one day he will donate his entire collection to the beautiful...
have you ever thought ... | July 16, 2009 at 2:59 p.m.
Maybe he needs all the copies to keep up with all the changes and...
Pragmatic | July 16, 2009 at 1:10 p.m.
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