The year was 1908. Archie Bailey placed the first Gideons Bible in a hotel in Superior, Montana. The reading is from St. Augustine, a famous quote on our Lord's Incarnation.
The year was 1876. We remember the Vatican's secretary of State Giacomo Antonelli. The reading is from William Gadsby, "Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat."
The year was 1819. We remember American Missionary Pliny Fisk. The reading is from Leslie Newbigin's “Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture.”