Tag Archives: Morality Tales

Rasputin, the Monk For this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11). Rasputin, the monk is credited by some historians as one of the precipitating causes of the Russian Revolution. At … Continue reading →

A President’s Favor (Grace Applied) Felix Jardio, 60, a Filipino farmer had been saving his money for years to buy a carabao. He finally saved P1,300 and went out looking for the work animal, which he soon found. But alas, … Continue reading →

Only Grace Could There is a tradition that Jonathan Edwards, third president of Princeton and America’s greatest thinker, had a daughter with an ungovernable temper. But, as is so often the case, this infirmity was not known to the outside … Continue reading →

Court Could Not Give Mercy Judge Kaufman presided at the trial of the Russian spies, the Rosenberg’s. They were charged with and convicted of treason against the United States and sentenced to death. In his summation at the end of … Continue reading →

Creeping In When the father of Dr. Harry Ironside lay dying, the descending sheet which Peter saw in a vision was dominant in his mind. Over and over he mumbled, “A great sheet and wild beasts, and . . . … Continue reading →

Always a Conqueror On the afternoon of May 24, 1738, John Wesley attended St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The anthem was Psalm 130, “out of the depths have I cried unto thee O Lord, hear my voice.” That evening in … Continue reading →

The Grace of God When the learned, and wealthy John Selden was dying he said to Archbishop Usher, “I have surveyed most of the learning that is among the sons of men, and my study is filled with books and … Continue reading →

Prayer Prelude of Newton Two or three years before the death of John Newton, when his sight was so dim that he was no longer able to read, a friend and brother in the ministry called to have breakfast with … Continue reading →

Three Wonders In Heaven John Newton said, “When I get to heaven I shall see three wonders there. The first wonder will be, to see many people there whom I did not expect to see—the second wonder will be, to … Continue reading →

Knox’ Terrible Dream During his last hours, John Knox woke from a slumber sighing, and told his friends that he had just been tempted to believe that he had “merited Heaven and eternal blessedness, by the faithful discharge of my … Continue reading →

Most Wicked Man in Edinburgh Alexander Whyte, the great Scottish preacher, once stood up in his pulpit in Edinburgh and said: “I have discovered the most wicked man in Edinburgh . . .” Then he paused, while the congregation eagerly … Continue reading →

Six Articles of Wesley’s Covenant In 1752 a group of men, including John Wesley, who were nicknamed Methodist, signed a covenant which every man might hang on his study wall. The six articles of the solemn agreement follow: That we … Continue reading →

Enquire . . . Search . . . Ask . . . Ascertain Dr. Mclean tells how he was rebuked and humbled on a certain occasion when he repeated a grave matter he had heard to a friend. His friend … Continue reading →

Luther Never Divulged Confession Even though he had been a priest for twenty-eight years, Martin Luther, who fell away from the priesthood and the Catholic faith, never revealed anything he had heard in confession. He left the Church, married a … Continue reading →

When Lincoln Did as He Pleased During the administration of Lincoln, a delegation from a western state called upon him with a written protest against a certain appointment. In particular the paper had a list of specific objections against a … Continue reading →

Hole in the Pocket F. W. Boreham tells of the happy soul whose home is the Other End of Nowhere. He has two pockets. One has a hole in it and the other is carefully watched that no hole develops … Continue reading →

Classed with Murder and Stealing In a small village in which there was only one church that almost every member of the community attended, one woman made life difficult, often, by her constant prying into the affairs of her neighbors. … Continue reading →

Dog with 5 Legs? Abraham Lincoln had a favorite riddle he used to put to his colleagues. It went like this: “If a man were to call the tail of a dog a leg, how many legs would the dog … Continue reading →

“G” For Gossip R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company which manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman … Continue reading →

Remodeling Frederick’s Music Several years ago a group, called the New Friends of Music, produced the first performance of Musical Masterpiece by Bach, in Town Hall, New York. There is an interesting story behind this composition. Frederick the Great of … Continue reading →