My great, great grandfather's Bible that he had with him while serving in the navy during America's Civil War.
As you may recall, when Shackleton abandoned Endurance, he carefully sliced out a couple of chapters from the Book of Job that centered on this verse:
Job 38 KJV
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
In 2007, I asked Tim Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian to do a series on the Book of Job. He groaned. We had been discussing what in Tim's words, "Shackleton had been meditating on" in the face of a tremendous challenge. I was thrilled about a year later, when Tim did a wonderful series on Job - A Path Through Suffering.
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