The men in suits were members of the Gideons, Protestant and evangelical churchmen whose mission is to distribute as many Bibles and New Testaments as they can. You’ve no doubt seen the fruit of their efforts in hotel-room drawers, hospitals and doctors’ offices
Nobody thought much about it when I was in school, including me, although my family was nonreligious.
I’ve still got my mini Testament, although I can’t say I ever got much use out of it. I didn’t become a Christian myself until age 27, and when I did, I just went out a bought a whole Bible.
