And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Luke 12:4<\/i><\/p>\n
868<\/b> Bible Reader Unruffled By Bandit<\/b><\/p>\n
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 \u201cI\u2019ll shoot you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou just go ahead and shoot,\u201d Walker said. \u201cI just got through reading my Bible, and I\u2019ve already said my prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The robber was dumbfounded and Walker, a man in his sixties, walked away. <\/p>\n
\u2014Gospel Herald<\/i><\/p>\n
869<\/b> Hated But Happy Young Girl<\/b><\/p>\n
Ye shall be hated of all men for my name\u2019s sake (Matt. 10:22). The Russian newspaper published by the Young Communist League once printed a letter from Nina K., a sixteen-year-old girl, quoting her as saying, \u201cI am a young Communist League member. I am a normal girl, but at the same time I am unusual. I\u2019m a Baptist! Frankly, I do not consider myself a member of the Young Communist League. I have Komsomol members pass me without greeting. Let them look on me with contempt. My brothers and sisters in God treat me very well. I believe them and I believe God.\u201d The paper captioned the letter \u201cThe One Who Has Gone Astray.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Tom M. Olson<\/p>\n
870<\/b> High Noon In Judge\u2019s Courtroom<\/b><\/p>\n
Prayer may have been banned in the nation\u2019s public-school classrooms, thanks to professional atheist Madalyn Murray O\u2019Hair, but not in the Detroit courtroom of county judge Frederick Byrd. He\u2019s been holding noon Bible-study sessions in his courtroom for twenty years, and he says he won\u2019t stop now, despite a written warning from Mrs. O\u2019Hair. She told the judge his noonday practices were \u201cwholly illegal and unconstitutional, being an unpermissible admixture of state and church.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mrs. O\u2019Hair will have to sue, declares Byrd. \u201cI\u2019m calling her bluff. These services have been going on since long before I became a judge, and I see no reason to end them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
871<\/b> Pastor Says: \u201cShoot Away\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
During the pastorate of Henry Ward Beecher in Indianapolis he preached a series of sermons upon drunkenness and gambling, incidentally scoring the men of the community who profited by these sins. During the ensuing week he was accosted on the street by a would-be assailant, pistol in hand, who demanded a retraction of some utterance of the preceding Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cTake it back, right here!\u201d he demanded with an oath, \u201cor I will shoot you on the spot!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShoot away!\u201d was the preacher\u2019s response as he walked calmly away, hurling over his shoulder this parting remark:<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe you can hit the mark as well as I did!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Gospel Herald<\/i><\/p>\n
872<\/b> To Quisling: \u201cTake It Off\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
When the Germans had taken Norway, Bishop Bergrav of the Lutheran Church was also taken prisoner. One day the puppet Quisling said to Bishop Bergrav: \u201cI would like to take your head off!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHere I am,\u201d replied Bergrav, \u201ctake it off!\u201d But the traitor, Quisling, feared the people of Norway and refused to do it. <\/p>\n
After the war, Norway with other nations, was also freed, and Quisling paid the penalty. It took courage for Bergrav to challenge the godless leaders in their reign of terror. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Victory<\/i><\/p>\n
873<\/b> Only One Thing Pained Chrysostom<\/b><\/p>\n
When the great Chrysostom was arrested by the Roman Emperor, the latter sought to make the Greek Christian recant, but without success. So the emperor discussed with his advisers what could be done to the prisoner. \u201cShall I put him in a dungeon?\u201d the Emperor asked. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d one of his counselors replied, \u201cfor he will be glad to go. He longs for the quietness wherein he can delight in the mercies of his God.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he shall be executed!\u201d said the Emperor. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d was the answer, \u201cfor he will also be glad to die. He declares that in the event of death he will be in the presence of his Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat shall we do then?\u201d the ruler asked. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is only one thing that will give Chrysostom pain,\u201d the counselor said. \u201cTo cause Chrysostom to suffer, make him sin. He is afraid of nothing except sin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Baptist Standard<\/i><\/p>\n
874<\/b> The General Took His Stand<\/b><\/p>\n
Frederick the Great was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus Christ and the whole place was ringing with guffaws. <\/p>\n
Von Zealand arose stiffly and said, \u201cSire, you know I have not feared death. I have fought and won 38 battles for you. I am an old man; I shall soon have to go into the presence of One Greater than thou, the mighty God who saved me from my sin, the Lord Jesus Christ whom you are blaspheming against. I salute thee, sire, as an old man, who loves his Savior, on the edge of eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n
With trembling voice, Frederick replied: \u201cGeneral Von Zealand. I beg your pardon. I beg your pardon! I beg your pardon !\u201d<\/p>\n
The company silently dispersed. <\/p>\n
\u2014Sunday<\/i><\/p>\n
875<\/b> Wanted: Hundred Men<\/b><\/p>\n
John Wesley said, \u201cGive me a hundred men who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I will shake the world. I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; and such alone will overthrow the kingdom of Satan and build up the Kingdom of God on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014The Preacher\u2019s Magazine<\/i><\/p>\n
876<\/b> Not Fearing The World<\/b><\/p>\n
One of the reformers being told, \u201cAll the world are against you,\u201d replied, \u201cThen I am against all the world.\u201d The record on the tomb of John Knox is, \u201cHere lies the man who never feared the face of clay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Foster<\/i><\/p>\n
877<\/b> Secret Of Fearlessness<\/b><\/p>\n
Of the memorials in Westminster Abbey there is not one that gives a nobler thought than that inscribed on the monument to Lord Lawrence\u2014simply his name, with the date of his death, and these words: \u201cHe feared man so little because he feared God so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
878<\/b> Stand With The Right<\/b><\/p>\n
Never be afraid to stand with the minority which is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority; always be afraid to stand with the majority which is wrong, for the majority which is wrong will one day be the minority. <\/p>\n
\u2014William Jennings Bryan<\/p>\n
879<\/b> A Prayer For The President<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1953 a columnist of the Chicago News by the name of Harris, a man who acquired a large reader following by his frank and often caustic comments, wrote what he called A PRAYER FOR THE PRESIDENT:<\/p>\n
\u201cO Lord \u2026 give him the courage, not of his convictions, but of Your commandments.\u201d<\/p>\n
880<\/b> Epigram On Courage<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the mastery of it. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Said William Penn: \u201cRight is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. <\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Dedication ; Fear ; Matt. 10:28; Heb. 10:35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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