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"The Greatest Show on Earth" -P.T. Barnum, & Evangelist D.L. Moody
The American Minute (http://americanminute.com/) ^ | 4/7/2016 | William Federer

Posted on 04/07/2016 6:44:39 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever

"The Greatest Show on Earth" was owned by P.T. Barnum, who died APRIL 7, 1891.

Selling millions of tickets, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus had big draws including General Tom Thumb, a man only 25 inches tall, and elephant "Jumbo," whose name entered the dictionary.

Barnum, who was received by President Lincoln and gave a command performance for Queen Victoria, stated:

"Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much..."

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; History; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: evangelism; history; moody
God spreads the Gospel in unusual ways.
1 posted on 04/07/2016 6:44:40 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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To: stars & stripes forever
Trump took over the circus and gave it to We the People :-)


2 posted on 04/07/2016 7:18:17 AM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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