The Story Of Mary Jones And Her Bible (1892) : Kessinger Publishing : 9781167076596 : 1167076591 : 10 Sep 2010 : The Story of Mary Jones and Her Bible, written by Mary Emily Ropes and first published in 1892, is a biographical account of a young Welsh girl named Mary Jones who lived in the early 19th century. The book tells the story of Mary's passion for reading the Bible and her determination to obtain a copy of her own.Mary's family was poor and lived in a remote area of Wales, where there were no Bibles available for purchase. Mary was determined to obtain a copy of the Bible and walked 25 miles to Bala to purchase one. She saved up her money for six years and finally had enough to buy the Bible, but when she arrived in Bala, she was told that the Bibles were sold out.Undeterred, Mary continued to search for a Bible and eventually met a man named Thomas Charles, who was a leader in the Welsh Nonconformist movement. Charles was so moved by Mary's story that he gave her a Bible of he