Jacob's Destiny

In the late eighteenth century, a man named Lindsey Black and his wife, Lucille, owned a large farm in northeast Ireland. They were Christians. Lindsey kept a book of records for his future family. One story was that one of his future descendants would save the British Isles and western Europe from starvation during a famine and drought. Lindsey and Lucille had three sons: James, Scott, and Gerald.

After the parents died, the sons sold the farm and became wealthy. Scott and Gerald bought hom...