The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Brunswick County Man
Is Walking Good Book

George S~ingletary, 57-year-old
Brunswick County farmer. in all
respects could be called a walking
Bible.
His remarkable abilities in
quoting the New and Old Testa-
ments of the Bible have brought
him fame in past years.
Singletary says, 81 have been
hat-a-ways for "a years" For 26
years he was i'll and when he was
cured he claims he was endowed
with the gift of "citing'' the Bible.
He says he cannot read a word.
when I get my mail at Leland
someone else has to read i: for
me-" he says.
For 10 hours the editor Of a
Whiteville paper checked Or him
to e if he could "cite'' the Bible.
He did, and did not miss a one.
he claims.
-Four years ago he went before
854 preachers, doctors, and engi-
neers, and never missed a cues
ton, he declares.
professors at Duke University
kept me up there, so one day I
ups and goes" he said. The Uni
versity spent $500 on him making
records Of his citings from the
Bible. he added.
When asked how he knew so
much about the Bible and could
not read, Singletary said, "It is
revealed to me-"
He once taught a Sunday School
class at Bladenboro. He says
there is no Easter Sunday" He
adds the Bible does not mention
the word Sunday-it is the Sab
bath-and he declares the Bible
says not to add or take anything
from this Book"
Singletary kept saying, LET me
cite some for you, mister" over
and over. He is proud that he can
cite the Holy book.
He claimes the longest word in
the Bible is in Isaiah 81 and that
it is composed of 10 letters. He
also says that the longest verse
in the Bible may be found in the
eighth chapter of Esther, ninth
verse.
According to the "gifted"
Singletary, the Bible mentions the
word boy and girl and boys and
girls only once. This may be found
in the third chapter Of Joel, third
verse and in the eighth chapter of
Zachariah, fifth verse.
He continued to reveal his
knowledge of the Holy Book. He
says that the 10Th chapter of
Kings II and the 9th chapter of
Isaiah are exactly alike for 10
lines.
He was gifted with this remark
BILE power he claims three miles
from Delco at 10 o'clock on a
Wednesday morning and God
gives me this power" he adds.
He says, according to the Bible,
a boy must be 20 years old before
he can be called to arms and that
a man, newly married is not to be
called to war for a year. This
may be found in the first chapter
of Numbers, third to the 54th verse.
verse.
He claims tina he has never
seen a show.
He seems to not only know the
Bible by heart, but the numbers
of words, verses and chapters al
so. He says the Bible contains
110, 1850, $50 letters, Of which 3d.
1870, $50 are in the New Testament.
Jesus name is mentioned 1855
times. The whole Bible contains
3, 586, 489 words, he declares.
He mentioned the fact that
some people say that it is not
right to swear and that the Bible
says not to swear, but he claims
The Book says that Every knee
shall bow and every tongue shall
swear"-Isiah 1923.
Only one woman disciple is
mentioned in the Bible and her
name is Tabitha. He says that
Gods name is not mentioned in
Esther or the Song of Solomons.
He finished up by saying that
the word "twins' is men
toned twice in the Bible.