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| Writing the book changed his life: Though he was son of the Gov. of Indiana, the boy was often thrashed by his schoolmaster for truancy. Yet he loved to read books. With his father's encouragement, he left home at age 16. In search of fame and glory, he formed a military unit and headed into the war with Mexico of 1846. In his haste, he failed the bar exam but passed it on his return. By 1862, he attained the rank of Lt. Gen. in the Civil War, soon thereafter leading 6500 men into battle IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. His 1st novel was published in 1873. His next novel arose out of boyhood fascination with The Three Wise Men of the Bible...but the manuscript lay fallow until 1876. As newly appointed Gov. of the New Mexico Territory, he was en route by train to Indianapolis when he encountered the infamous agnostic, R. G.
Ingersoll. "Do you believe in God, the devil, the afterlife, or heaven and hell?" he asked
Ingersoll. Two hours later, drained by the agnostic's exposition of his own convictions, this military general...this territorial governor...found his thoughts in turmoil. Shaken out of his religious indifference by the exchange, he retrieved the manuscript and wrote Judah: A Tale of the Christ. On the market in 1880, it sold for $1.50 under the title of
Ben-Hur. In 1959 it was released as an MGM movie staring Charlton Heston. Gen. Lew Wallace stated that the writing of that book brought him to accept the claims of Jesus and, shortly thereafter, committing his life to Christ. your comments about this true story!!! |