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Catastrophes In The US

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

According to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., there were 35 catastrophes—causing over 100 deaths each—in the US during 1941–75. The two greatest disasters were the Texas City fire and explosion in 1947 which took 561 lives, and the fire in … Continue reading →

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He Refuses To Starve To Live

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

The composer Brahms was a great devotee of culinary art, not from the creative but from the consuming standpoint. At one time his doctor ordered him on a reduced diet, and Brahms promised faithfully to follow his orders. The very … Continue reading →

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Majority Rule Is Dangerous

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

All the great injustices of history have been committed in the name of unchecked and unbridled “majority rule.” The late Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, in one of the most forceful speeches ever delivered before the Senate, observed with … Continue reading →

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Judson’s Call To Boston Church

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

When Adoniram Judson graduated from college and seminary he received a call from a fashionable church in Boston to become its assistant pastor. Everyone congratulated him. His mother and sister rejoiced that he could live at home with them and … Continue reading →

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TV Misrepresentations

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

It is pitiable how biased persons deceive the public via the mass communications media. During a CBS documentary, for instance, the camera focused on a pitiful Negro infant who was nothing more than skin and bones. It came out later … Continue reading →

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Birth of The Credit Union

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Millions take their credit unions for granted until they need a low interest loan. But how many know that the credit union idea was born in the mind of a devoted Christian who established the first union as part of … Continue reading →

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D.L. Moody More Alive

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Realizing that he would soon be gone from this world one day, Moody said to a friend, “Someday you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody of Northfield is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. “At … Continue reading →

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So, It’s True!

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

A newspaper article referred to a striking story in an anonymous book of memoirs published not long ago. The writer met the woman who nursed the great agnostic, Professor J. H. Huxley, through his last illness. She said that as … Continue reading →

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Total Deaths In The World

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

The number of deaths in the world may fluctuate widely from one year to the next. A rough estimate of annual deaths is 60,000,000 or about 2 every second. About two-thirds of these deaths are in Asia, a little less … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic Coast’s Premature Nightfall

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

At ten o’clock in the morning of May 19, 1780, people in the Eastern Seaboard noticed a strange haze spreading across the sky. Then a thick darkness settled over the eastern part of the US. By noon, schools were dismissed, … Continue reading →

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Learning About Nonsense

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

The Chicago Daily News reports of a lecture given which was pure and simple nonsense. The speaker was introduced as Dr. Myron L. Fox and given an ambiguous, high-sounding title to the audience. The master of ceremonies said that Dr. … Continue reading →

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Who Should Be Caged?

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Detroit’s zoo director hired four new security guards—to protect the animals from man. In the past two years there, a baby Australian wallaby left the protection of its mother’s pouch and was stoned to death; a duck died with a … Continue reading →

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Christ’s Forgotten Mark

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

It is said that there was once a monk who prayed much that he might have the marks of the Lord upon his hands and feet. A vision was given him in which he was shown a mark on the … Continue reading →

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Solomon As The Better Judge

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

When William Jennings Bryan went to call on the father of his prospective wife and seek the hand of his daughter in marriage, knowing the strong religious feeling of the father, he thought to strengthen his case by a quotation … Continue reading →

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Unruffled By Bandit

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Foster Walker accidentally strolled into the scene of a holdup at a store in Memphis, Tenn., and heard the gunman order him to surrender his money or “I’ll shoot you.” “You just go ahead and shoot,” Walker said. “I just … Continue reading →

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Origin of “Ben Hur”

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Two infidels once sat on a railroad train, discussing the life of Christ. One of them said, “I think an interesting romance could be written about him.” The other replied, “And you are just the man to write it. Tear … Continue reading →

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Hard To Dominate One’s Self

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

A college president not long ago made this arresting statement to a class of graduating seniors: “It gets easier and easier for man to dominate his universe … and harder for him to dominate himself.” He went on to say, … Continue reading →

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Correct Use of The Eyes

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

A bishop of the early church, who was a remarkable example of the virtue of contentment, was asked his secret. The venerable old man replied: “It consists in nothing more than making a right use of my eyes. In whatever … Continue reading →

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Take All The Keys, Lord

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Dr. F. B. Meyer came to a crucial, transitional time in his ministry. He sat dejectedly in his study. “My ministry is unfruitful, and I lack spiritual power,” he said to himself. Suddenly Christ seemed to stand beside him. “Let … Continue reading →

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Migrating Birds In a Cage . . .

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

When the birds are migrating in flocks to other lands, and the instinct is strong upon them, if you catch one and imprison it in a cage, it will beat its breast against the bars and pant back and forth. … Continue reading →

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