BE SURE AND MAIL EARLY In December, 1940, Mrs. A. E. Gadsby of Niagara Falls, Canada, mailed a Christmas parcel to her daughter in Prestwick, Scotland. The ship carrying the […]
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TWO LONELY PEOPLE We hurried on, our heads bent against the wind, to the cluster of lights ahead that was 149th Street and Westchester Avenue, and those lights seemed to
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A CHILD LEARNS ABOUT LOVE In her autobiography, The Story of My Life, Helen Keller tells how as a deaf and blind child she learned from Anne Sullivan the meaning
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CHANGE THE ANSWERS A university alumnus, shown a list of examination questions by his old economics professor, exclaimed, “Why, those are the same questions you asked when I was in
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PERSPECTIVE FROM A CEMETERY The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour: The paths of glory
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CAPITALISM Lately a number of Christian authors have written on the question, “Is capitalism Christian?” The attempts to answer this question have been scholarly and well developed, but some of
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GREED There are those today who would destructively exploit the environment and bring suffering to others in order to gratify their craving for financial gain. A case in point can
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OVERCOMING GREED There is one primary way to overcome greed, and that is to discover the joy that comes from self-giving. The nature of sin is that it blinds us
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SATISFYING Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. F. J. Raymond
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RICHES A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can affor to let alone. Henry Thoreau
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THE RICH Don’t knock the rich. When was the last time you were hired by somebody poor? Robert Orben
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TITHING A priest, Father Jerome Kelley, once asked one of his parishioners, Joseph Bucholz, to serve as financial chairman of his parish. Mr. Bucholz, the manager of a grain elevator,
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MONEY Jesus talked a great deal about money. Sixteen of the 38 parables were concerned with how to handle money and possessions. In the Gospels, an amazing one out of
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING The time is early Dec. A family of four drives to a suburban mall to do some Christmas shopping. They decide to shop separately so that the presents
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MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE On January 1st, one man’s New Year’s resolution was to become a non-conformist. For instance, he resolved never again to take part in the over- commercialization of
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HOW MUCH? The Russian author, Leo Tolstoy, tells the story of a rich peasant who was never satisfied. He always wanted more and more. He heard of a wonderful chance
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LET’S GET PRACTICAL And then there was the wife who said to her husband, “This year let’s give each other more practical gifts like socks and fur coats.”
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WHOSE BIRTHDAY? There was once a family that celebrated Christmas every year with a birthday party for Jesus. An extra chair of honor at the table became the family’s reminder
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SELF-SACRIFICE Once upon a time there was a loyal servant of a great lord. The lord’s castle overlooked a stormy channel, separating his domain from the homeland of a lovely
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MOTHER I think it was a girlish hand, Unlined, well-tended, when it held At first, my clinging baby hand In gentle grasps by love impelled. I think it was a
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