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Prepare to Meet Thy God Sin has undone our wretched race; But Jesus has restored, And brought the sinner face to face With his forgiving Lord. This we repeat from year to year, And press upon our youth; Lord, give them an attentive ear, Lord, save them by Thy truth! Blessings upon the rising race! … Continue reading “New Year”

Jesus Christ is Precious John Newton was a rough, dirty sailor with a foul mouth and an appetite for rotten living. He hated life and life hated him. He was captain of a slave ship. . He also had the gift of a good mother who told him about the Saviour when he was young. … Continue reading “Newton, John”

Dirty Work Writing for the New York Times Magazine, Mauren Dowd and Thomas L. Friedman describe a conversation that once took place between Secretary of State James Baker and President George Bush. With Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak due to arrive for a state visit, Baker hurried into the Oval Office to brief President Bush, telling … Continue reading “No”

Squeaky Chalk It happens every time the prof calls a group of students to the board to solve a physics problem. Someone holds the chalk wrong and sends chills up and down the spines of everyone in the class with that familiar classroom torture technique: “squeaky chalk.” Why does a piece of chalk produce that … Continue reading “Noise”

Goldwynisms Sam Goldwyn, the movie producer, used to mangle the English language so badly that his malaprops and mixed metaphors came to be known as Goldwynisms. Some that have become classics are… •      A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. •      Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is named William. •      Now, gentlemen, … Continue reading “Nonsense”

Horses for Every Occasion Sign outside a riding stable: We haqve fast horses for folks who like to ride fast. We have slow horses for folks who ride slow. We have big horses for big folks, and we have little horses for little folks. And for those who have never ridden horses before, we have … Continue reading “Novice”

Bizarre Football Game In one of the most bizarre games in college football history on November 11, 1939, Texas Tech and Centenary racked up an amazing seventy-seven punts. Yes, you read it right–seventy-seven punts! Texas Tech punted thirty-nine times, Centenary thirty-eight times, both hitting the all-time record list. Sixty-seven punts were made on first down, … Continue reading “Numbers (13)”

Catalog Order Mixup A “do it yourself” catalog firm received the following letter from one of its customers: “I built a birdhouse according to your stupid plans, and not only is it much too big, it keeps blowing out of the tree. Signed, Unhappy.” The firm replied: “Dear Unhappy, We’re sorry about the mix-up. We … Continue reading “Mad”

The Envelope Back in 1820 the average person in England wrote only three letters a year. And with good reason. Letters in those days were mailed without a cover and could be read by anyone. But William Mulready had an idea to ensure privacy—the envelope. On a visit to France Mulready noticed that messages from … Continue reading “Mail”

Quote •      If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. – Grit Source uninown Everybody’s Doing It Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house. He kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it. The minute he got a “customer” he would clean … Continue reading “Majority”