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Newton Marshall Hall
1865–1926
A minister and editor with a gift for making scripture approachable, he is best remembered for helping shape large, reader-friendly Bible collections for families and general audiences. His work brought biblical stories, songs, and teachings together in a clear, organized form that reflected the religious education movement of the early 1900s.
1 Audiobook
The Bible Story
by Newton Marshall Hall, Irving Francis Wood
About the author
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1865, he went on to study at Dartmouth and Andover Theological Seminary before building a career in the ministry. The records available here consistently describe him as an American clergyman and religious writer, and they connect his life with church work as well as literary and editorial projects.
He is chiefly known today for co-editing The Bible Story with Irving Francis Wood, a wide-ranging early 20th-century work designed to present biblical material in an accessible way. Surviving editions also show his name attached to related religious volumes, including parts of The Book of Life, which suggests a strong interest in teaching scripture through carefully arranged collections rather than through narrowly academic writing alone.
Hall died in 1926. While detailed biographical sources are limited, the picture that does emerge is of a pastor-author whose legacy rests on making religious reading easier to enter, especially for households, teachers, and general readers looking for a guided path through the Bible.