When a mere girl, my mother offered me a dollar if....

“ When a mere girl, my mother offered me a dollar if I would read the Bible through; . . . . despairing of reconciling many of its absurd statements with even my childish philosophy, . . . I became a sceptic, doubter, and unbeliever, long ere the 'Good Book' was ended. ”

Elmina Drake Slenker

From : Studying the Bible