April 9, 2011 trip

Went to  Baylor University today to the Armstrong Browning Library to  the King James 400th year anniversary special exhibit.  The campus is really a beautiful place with many very old live oaks,magnolias and cedar trees.  The campus sits near the Brazos River .  The library is a beautiful place inside, worth it just to go inside and look at the beautiful stained glass windows & how the building is built inside. Lots of marble & wood.  Dr. Armstrong had met the son of Robert Browning in 1909.  After that meeting, for 40 years he collected anything pertaining to  Robert & Ellizabeth Barrett Browning.  This libary has the largest collection in the world.  So if you ever come through Waco, Texas, stop in at Baylor and see this wonderful collection.
As to the King James Bible collection, there were many, many old Bibles, manuscripts, inkwells and lots of other items to see.  We saw an original 1611 King James Bible, it was very large.  I could read most of it except for some words in old English which I had no idea what the word was.  They also had a Guttenberg Press with demonstraton which printed 2 pages at a time.  We saw papers-original from Tyndale, Martin Luther,
Guttenberg Bible, Henry VIII, Thomas More, Syrian Bible and a new original King James 1611 edition.  Lots of wonderful drawings and artwork.  They said the exhibit is traveling through the United States for exhibit so it if comes to an area near you, it is well worth going to see. One large original Bible took one scribe to write 20 years.
Many of the Bibles were small and handwritten.  I said it is a wonder someone could write so small.  Also saw original Hebrew Bibles and writings, all very interesting.  Would have stayed as long as I could but my husband is always in a hurry.
This was the last day of the 3 day exhibit here.
Well, we are getting very hot & dry here in Central Texas, have had to run the AC for the last 3 weeks off and on.  Today in the 90's, it feels like middle June already and it is only April. No rain on the horizon, Lake Belton dropped 1 foot in lake water yesterday so by June, we will have water rationing.  Have had many grass fires already and some structures and 1 house burned.
Well, that's the news for this day.  Will be back when I can.
Put Christ in your life , you will never be sorry. Also read your Bible everyday, I do. I read with Radio Bible Classes-Daily Bread which is free from them if you write them, also known as RBC Ministries.
Take care everyone and have a great weekend.
Marie