THE TRUTH COMES OUT A man entered a sporting goods store and told the proprietor he was taking up tennis and needed some equipment. He was sold a designer warm-up suit for $250, a pair…
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TYPE CASTING After years of hauling children, pets, groceries and camping gear, the family station wagon sputtered to a stop. My wife told me she was ready for a change, but I didn't realize how…
YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF HOPE On a cruise from Mexico to Hawaii in 1979, Los Angeles lawyer John Peckham and his wife, Dottie, put a note in a bottle and tossed it…
SAYING IT NICELY Firing an employee is one of the toughest jobs a supervisor ever faces. An insurance sales manager was known for his tact and diplomacy. One of his young salesmen was performing so…
FIGHTING ABOLITION John Chavis was just 15 years old when he joined the ranks of the Continental Army to help fight on the side of the colonies in the battles of the American Revolution. He…
PATRIOTISM, INDEPENDENCE DAY Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right. Carl Schurz. PATRIOTISM, INDEPENDENCE. I don't think the United States needs superpatriots. We need patriotism,…
FOUNDING FATHER'S FAITH "Thou gavest Thy Son to die for me; and hast given me assurance of salvation, upon my repentance and sincerely endeavoring to conform my life to His holy precepts and example." George…
DOLLEY'S COURAGEOUS RESCUE President Madison's declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 was not popular with many Americans, especially when the first year of conflict brought a series of shattering American defeats. New England…
WOULD YOU SIGN IT? Of 2,300 federal employees in 12 Washington agencies who were shown a quotation from the Declaration of Independence, without being told what it was, and asked to sign the document, 68%…
GODLY MEN IN GOVERNMENT A traveling man came into a hotel to secure a room for the night. Upon being informed that every room in the building had been taken, he was naturally quite perturbed,…
EMPHASIZE "THE PEOPLE" The late Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam tells of giving the annual Memorial Day address at the National Monument at Gettysburg. Like probably all other speakers, he felt the need to conclude his…
PARTING SHOT The Character of our Forefathers was expressed by the words credited to one: "I cannot tell a lie." Integrity and honesty were their watchwords. The modern world is more characterized by a new…
HE DOLLAR CARRIES THE MESSAGE Like so many other everyday things, even our money bears witness to the fact that ours is a God-founded nation, and it emphasizes the additional fact that as a nation…
NATIONAL ANTHEM It was Sep 13, 1814. A young United States attorney, Francis Scott Key, secured permission to board a British warship in an attempt to arrange the release of an American prisoner detained on…
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS On Nov. 19, 1863 thousands of men and women, including many of America's most distinguished leaders, gathered to dedicate the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. The country' greatest orator, Edward Everett, delivered the major…
AMERICA One bleak day in February, 1832 a young theological student sat in his room at Andover Seminary. Samuel F. Smith was going over a stack of German songs for children, given to him by…
A NATION UNDER GOD The Declaration of Independence, as originally presented to Congress, contained three references to God" the first in the opening paragraph where "the laws of nature and of nature's God: are invoked;…
EMANCIPATION On Sep 21, 1862, Lincoln summoned his Cabinet to the White House for a special session. "The President was reading a book and hardly noticed me as I came in," Secretary of War Stanton…
CHRISTIANITY AND PATRIOTISM Christianity and patriotism have much in common. It is significant to note that: Our patriotic hymn, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," was written by a Baptist Clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith. The pledge…
I AM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I was born on July 4, 1876 and the Declaration of Independence is my birth certificate. I am the United States of America! The bloodlines of the world…
