THE ADVANCE MINER The following story was told by Robert Hughes from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia: Dr. Hughes' father was a coal-miner in northeastern Pennsylvania. His job was to every morning, before the…
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HOLDING DEATH BACK The following story was told by Rex Humbard: A woman became very ill. After a time of hospitalization she returned home, but was confined to bed. Her eight-year-old daughter was not aware…
WHAT MUST IT BE LIKE? DEATH "What must it be to step on shore, and find it -- heaven; To take hold of a hand, and find it -- God's hand; To breathe a new…
THE TERM IS OVER "In the seventh of his famous Chronicles of Narnia, a book entitled The Last Battle, C. S. Lewis has Aslan, the great 'Christ figure' speak these words of certainty concerning eternal…
CHURCH FIGHTS It often seems that the church is a place for contention, which seems to turn some people away from the church. But some see fighting in the Church as a healthy sign that…
PASSING THE TEST It seems that this college student needed a small two-hour course to fill out his schedule. The only one that fit was in Wildlife Zoology. He had some reservations as he heard…
GETTING RID OF AN ENEMY In the days of the American Revolutionary War there lived at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a Baptist pastor by the name of Peter Miller who enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. There…
FIRST FRUITS TITHING There was a knock on the door of the hut occupied by a missionary in Africa. Answering, the missionary found one of the native boys holding a large fish in his hands.…
HELP FROM EXPERIENCE Two nimrods flew deep into remote Canada for elk hunting. Their pilot, seeing that they had bagged six elk, told them the plane could carry only four out. "But the plane that…
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CHANGE MAKES Once upon a time there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a…
THE CHURCH I think that I shall never see A church that's all it ought to be. A church whose members never stray Beyond the straight and narrow way; A church that has no empty…
BUSTED SMILES "Freddie, you mustn't laugh out loud in the school room," the teacher warned. "Teacher, I didn't mean to. I was just smiling and the smile busted."
WHEN JESUS CALLS It's like the delightful story about the farmer and his mule. A farmer owned a mule that was very important to him because it was a good plowing animal. The mule got…
SEVERE JUDGMENT A Christian lady wanted a parrot that could talk. She looked in several shops before finding one. The owner told her, however, that the parrot had been previously owned by a bartender and…
PROBLEM SOLVING A woman in Terre Haute, Indiana, called the police station to report a skunk in her cellar. The police told the woman to make a trail of bread crumbs from the basement to…
THE POWER OF LOVE Tears glistened in the eyes of the Salvation Army officer Shaw as he looked at the three men before him. Shaw was a medical missionary who had just arrived in India,…
FLEXIBILITY Cornelius Vanderbilt, who controlled the New York Central, regarded Jay Gould, who headed the lesser Erie Railroad, as an upstart. At one time, he made an attempt to force Gould out of the railroad…
FIRST PRIORITY A young Ensign, after nearly completing his first overseas cruise, was given an opportunity to display his capabilities at getting the ship under way. With a stream of commands, he had the decks…
GET THE STORY STRAIGHT A group of four- year-olds were gathered in a Sunday School class in Chattanooga. And the teacher, to keep their attention and also by nature, is extremely enthusiastic. She looked at…
EASTER CROWN Crowns have always been the sign of authority and Kingship. Charlemagne, whom historians say should deserve to be called "great" above all others, wore an octagonal crown. Each of the eight sides was…
