Scripture
Mark 1:37
Job 7:1-4,6-7; Psalms 147:1-6; I Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23; Mark 1:29-39
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A ìtouchstoneî is a small rock that tests the gold or silver content of a piece of ore. The ore is rubbed against the stone and the test result is determined by the kind of scratch it makes. The word ìtouchstoneî is also commonly used to describe the genuineness of something …
The story is told of the ancient library of Alexandria. Only one book survived a great inferno. It was quite an ordinary book, dull and uninteresting — or so it seemed. It was sold to a man for just a few pennies, but he soon discovered that it probably was the most valuable book in the world. For on the inside of the back cover a few sentences had been written revealing the secret of a certain touchstone that could change anything it touched into gold. The inscription said that this ìpebble of great priceî could be found somewhere along the shore of the Black Sea among the countless other similar pebbles. There…
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