Gideons Celebrate 100 Years of Bible Distribution NASHVILLE - Long before cable television, spa treatments, and eco-friendly soaps and shampoos became staples in hotel rooms, there was the Bible - the ...

"Are they now to look for salvation and solace from an iPod docking station or a goldfish?," he questioned. The Gideons, founded in 1899, has distributed millions of Bibles in hotel rooms. Its ...