Woe to the multitude of many people who make a noise like the roar of the seas, and to the rushing of nations that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! (Isaiah 17:12).

Too Busy for Taxes

He was once dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and adviser to President Kennedy on reform of the Federal Regulatory Agencies. Now he faced a charge of not filing his U. S. income tax on time for the years 1956 through 1960—a period in which he earned $360,827 in gross income. The only defense that James M. Landis could make was that “he had been so engrossed with public matters that he neglected personal affairs, including taxes.”

The Hosrse’s View

There is a little story about a picture of the famous racehorse, Man O’War. The caption on the painting said: “The fastest horse the world has ever seen.” Beneath this, some wag had penciled: “The fastest world the horse has ever seen.”

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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