When Robert Merrick's life is saved at the expense of the life of an eccentric but adored surgeon, the carefree playboy is forced to reevaluate his own path. Merrick embarks on a course of anonymous philanthropy, inspired by reading the doctor's private papers. An engaging and dramatic story of personal redemption and private sacrifice, this spiritual tale has served as an inspiration for both the stage and screen.

Christ's robe has a strange effect on the pagan soldier who wins it in a dice game after the Crucifixion.

Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) born Doya C. Douglas, was an American minister and author who published popular novels about religious and moral issues His last novel, THE BIG FISHERMAN (1948), focuses on Jesus, Peter, and a pair of young lovers, Esther and Voldi. The Roman world of the early Christian Church is carefully drawn. Douglas's main purpose is to present a Christian thesis in the form of a novel and include in the gospel narratives the aspect of human interest...