3090<\/b> How He Lived<\/b><\/p>\n
Not, how did he die? <\/p>\n
But, how did he live? <\/p>\n
Not, what did he gain? <\/p>\n
But, what did he give? <\/p>\n
These are the merits<\/p>\n
To measure the worth<\/p>\n
Of a man as man, <\/p>\n
Regardless of birth. <\/p>\n
Not, what was his station? <\/p>\n
But, had he a heart? <\/p>\n
And how did he play<\/p>\n
His God-given part? <\/p>\n
Was he ever ready<\/p>\n
With word of good cheer<\/p>\n
To bring a smile, <\/p>\n
To banish a tear? <\/p>\n
Not what was his church? <\/p>\n
Nor, what was his creed? <\/p>\n
But had he befriended<\/p>\n
Those really in need? <\/p>\n
Not, what did the sketch<\/p>\n
In the newspaper say? <\/p>\n
But, how many were sorry<\/p>\n
When he passed away? <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3091<\/b> Cat and Dog Test<\/b><\/p>\n
Hudson Taylor said: \u201cIf your father and mother, your sister and brother, if the very cat and dog in the house, are not happier for your being Christian, it is a question whether you really are.\u201d<\/p>\n
3092<\/b> Bishop Gets Special Treatment<\/b><\/p>\n
Bishop Evin Berggray, primate of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, who was under Nazi guard, is reported to have gotten peculiar treatment from his captors. It is said that his 11-man guard was changed constantly to prevent their coming under his strong spiritual influence. <\/p>\n
\u2014Pathfinder<\/i><\/p>\n
3093<\/b> Afraid of the Missionary<\/b><\/p>\n
The story is told of Gordon Maxwell, missionary to India, that when he asked a Hindu scholar to teach him the language, the Hindu replied:<\/p>\n
\u201cNo Sahib, I will not teach you my language. You would make me a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gordon Maxwell replied, \u201cYou misunderstand me. I am simply asking you to teach me your language.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again the Hindu responded, \u201cNo, Sahib, I will not teach you. No man can live with you and not become a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3094<\/b> Salt Creates Thirst<\/b><\/p>\n
At a meeting some young people were discussing the text, \u201cYe are the salt of the earth.\u201d One suggestion after another was made as to the meaning of \u201csalt\u201d in this verse. <\/p>\n
\u201cSalt imparts a desirable flavor,\u201d said one. <\/p>\n
\u201cSalt preserves from decay,\u201d another suggested. <\/p>\n
Then a Chinese Christian girl spoke out of an experience none of the others had. \u201cSalt creates thirst,\u201d she said, and there was a sudden hush in the room. Everyone was thinking: Have I ever made anyone thirsty for the Lord Jesus Christ? <\/p>\n
3095<\/b> Home To Fit Picture<\/b><\/p>\n
We read of a wealthy man who purchased at high cost a famous painting of Jesus. He sought, with difficulty, an appropriate place for it on the walls of his home. At last he called in an architect who, after carefully examining the house and the picture, said: \u201cMan, you cannot fit this picture into your home! You must make a home to fit it!\u201d Just as surely we must so order our home life that it would be appropriate to invite Jesus to abide therein. <\/p>\n
\u2014Evangelical Messenger<\/i><\/p>\n
3096<\/b> My Influence<\/b><\/p>\n
My Life shall touch a dozen lives <\/p>\n
Before this day is done, <\/p>\n
Leave countless marks of good or ill, <\/p>\n
E\u2019er sets the evening sun. <\/p>\n
This, the wish I always wish, <\/p>\n
The prayer I always pray;<\/p>\n
Lord, may my life help other lives, <\/p>\n
It touches by the way. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3097<\/b> What Is Christianity? <\/b><\/p>\n
In the home it is kindness. <\/p>\n
In business it is honesty. <\/p>\n
In society it is courtesy. <\/p>\n
In work it is fairness. <\/p>\n
Toward the unfortunate it is pity. <\/p>\n
Toward the weak it is help. <\/p>\n
Toward the wicked it is resistance. <\/p>\n
Toward the strong it is trust. <\/p>\n
Toward the fortunate it is congratulations. <\/p>\n
Toward the penitent it is forgiveness. <\/p>\n
Toward God it is reverence and love. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Digest<\/i><\/p>\n
3098<\/b> Recipe For A Real Religion <\/b><\/p>\n
Get religion like a Methodist <\/p>\n
Experience it like a Baptist<\/p>\n
Stick to it like a Lutheran<\/p>\n
Conciliate it like a Congregationalist<\/p>\n
Be proud of it like an Episcopalian<\/p>\n
Simplify it like a Quaker<\/p>\n
Glorify it like a Jew<\/p>\n
Pray for it like a Presbyterian<\/p>\n
Work at it like the Salvation Army <\/p>\n
Propagate it like a Roman Catholic <\/p>\n
Enjoy it like a Negro. <\/p>\n
\u2014Lewis Fawcett<\/p>\n
3099<\/b> All Others Are \u201cThings\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Someone asked John Wanamaker: \u201cHow do you get time to run a Sunday school with your four thousand scholars, in addition to the business of your stores, your work as Postmaster-General, and other obligations?\u201d Instantly Mr. Wanamaker replied: \u201cWhy, the Sunday school is my business! All other things are just things<\/i>. Forty-five years ago I decided that God\u2019s promise was sure: \u201cSeek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014King\u2019s Business<\/i><\/p>\n
3100<\/b> Ingersoll\u2019s Aunt Sarah<\/b><\/p>\n
Many a man or woman has borne eloquent witness to his Christian faith by an unobtrusive, inconspicuous, consecrated life. A relative of Robert Ingersoll, known in that family as Aunt Sarah, living on the Pacific Coast, was a devout Bible student and a beautiful Christian. <\/p>\n
One day she received by mail a package which, on opening, proved to be a copy of one of R. G. Ingersoll\u2019s books, an attack on the Bible. On the flyleaf was written these words over Ingersoll\u2019s signature: \u201cIf all Christians had lived like Aunt Sarah, perhaps this book would never have been written.\u201d The indisputable fact of a consistent Christian life was more disquieting to the great infidel\u2019s unbelief than anything else. <\/p>\n
3101<\/b> Converted By Livingstone\u2019s Life<\/b><\/p>\n
Henry M. Stanley found Livingstone in Africa and lived with him for some time. Here is his testimony: \u201cI went to Africa as prejudiced as the biggest atheist in London. But there came for me a long time for reflection. I saw this solitary old man there and asked myself, \u201cHow on earth does he stop here\u2014is he cracked, or what? What is it that inspires him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor months after we met I found myself wondering at the old man carrying out all that was said in the Bible\u2014\u201cLeave all things and follow Me.\u201d But little by little his sympathy for others became contagious; my sympathy was aroused; seeing his piety, his gentleness, his zeal, his earnestness, and how he went about his business, I was converted by him, although he had not tried to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014The Australian Baptist<\/i><\/p>\n
3102<\/b> \u201cWhich Kind Are You?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
A lot of Christians are like wheelbarrows\u2014not good unless pushed. <\/p>\n
Some are like canoes\u2014they need to be paddled. <\/p>\n
Some are like kites\u2014if you don\u2019t keep a string on them, they fly away. <\/p>\n
Some are like kittens\u2014they are more contented when petted. <\/p>\n
Some are like a football\u2014you can\u2019t tell what way they will bounce next. <\/p>\n
Some are like balloons\u2014full of wind and ready to blow up. <\/p>\n
Some are like trailers\u2014they have to be pulled. <\/p>\n
Some are like lights\u2014they keep going on and off. <\/p>\n
And there are those who always seek to let the Holy Spirit lead them. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Inde<\/i><\/p>\n
3103<\/b> The Ten Most-Wanted Men<\/b><\/p>\n
1. The man who puts God\u2019s business above any other business. <\/p>\n
2. The man who brings his children to church rather than sends them. <\/p>\n
3. The man who is willing to be the right example to every boy he meets. <\/p>\n
4. The man who thinks more of his Sunday School class than he does his Sunday Sleep. <\/p>\n
5. The man who measures his giving by what he has left rather than by the amount he gives. <\/p>\n
6. The man who goes to church for Christ\u2019s sake rather than for himself or someone else. <\/p>\n
7. The man who has passion to help rather than to be helped. <\/p>\n
8. The man who can see his own faults before he sees the faults of others. <\/p>\n
9. The man who stands firm in his convictions, based on the Word of God, i.e. a \u201cbackbone\u201d Christian. <\/p>\n
10. The man who is more concerned about winning souls for Christ than he is about winning honor. <\/p>\n
\u2014Western Messenger <\/i><\/p>\n
3104<\/b> \u201cPreaching\u201d On The Way<\/b><\/p>\n
St. Francis of Assisi one day said to several of his followers, \u201cLet us go to the village over the way and preach.\u201d As they went, they met a humble pedestrian who was greatly burdened. Francis was in no hurry and listened carefully to his tale of woe. <\/p>\n
When the village was reached, Francis talked with the shopkeepers, spent time with the farmers at their fruit and vegetable stalls, and played with the children in the streets. On the way back they met a farmer with a load of hay, and Francis spent time with him. The morning gone, the group reached the monastery from where they had set out in the early morning. <\/p>\n
One of the followers, who was greatly disappointed, said to Francis, \u201cBrother Francis, you said you were going to preach. The morning is spent and no sermon has been given.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the saintly Francis replied, \u201cBut we have been preaching all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Prairie Overcomer<\/i><\/p>\n
3105<\/b> Just Suppose<\/b><\/p>\n
Just suppose the Lord would begin tomorrow to make people sick as they claim to be on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Just suppose the Lord should take away the children whom the parents use as an excuse for staying away from church. <\/p>\n
Just suppose the Lord should make the people as poor as they claim to be when asked to help finance His program. <\/p>\n
Just suppose the Lord should have everyone stoned to death for covetousness as was Achan. <\/p>\n
Just suppose the Lord should let some parents look into the future and see what their example and lax control did for their children. <\/p>\n
Just suppose\u2014and then, by the help of the Lord, go forth and live and serve as if eternity was soon coming. <\/p>\n
It is! \u201cI come quickly\u201d (Rev. 22:12), says the Lord. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3106<\/b> Formation Flying<\/b><\/p>\n
Living the Christian life in relationship to others is very much like formation flying. You have your eye on the Leader (Jesus Christ), but you must always fly (your life) with your relationship to others in \u201cplane\u201d view. Like flying, both your well-being and theirs depend upon this kind of mutual concern for one another. The formation is large, and purely individualistic stunting can make quick shambles of it. Take your eyes off the Leader and those around you, and you are already on your way to trouble. <\/p>\n
\u2014Lane Adams<\/p>\n
3107<\/b> A Good Question<\/b><\/p>\n
The pastor of a fashionable congregation startled his members one Sunday morning by flinging this question at them: \u201cWhat have you done today that nobody but a Christian would do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ask this question of yourself. What would be your answer? <\/p>\n
3108<\/b> Chapman\u2019s Rule Of Life<\/b><\/p>\n
Dr. Wilbur Chapman had this which he called \u201c\u201cMy rule for Christian living.\u201d The rule that governs my life is this: anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult is wrong for me, and I must, as a Christian, turn away from it.\u201d This simple rule may help you find a safe road for your feet along life\u2019s road. <\/p>\n
\u2014The Sawdust Trail<\/i><\/p>\n
3109<\/b> Laws To Be In Unwritten Lives<\/b><\/p>\n
Lycurgus, although a great lawmaker, would allow none of his laws to be written. He would have the principles of government interwoven in the lives and manners of the people as most conducive to their happiness. <\/p>\n
The multiplication of Bibles that stand upon bookshelves or lie upon tables is an easy matter, but to multiply copies of walking scriptures, in the form of holy men who can say, \u201cThy Word have I hid in my heart,\u201d is much more difficult. <\/p>\n
\u2014New Handbook of Illustration<\/i><\/p>\n
3110<\/b> The Knight\u2019s Pledge<\/b><\/p>\n
In his \u201cIdylls of the King,\u201d Tennyson gives the knight\u2019s pledge: \u201cLive pure, speak truth, right the wrong, follow the king; else wherefore born?\u201d<\/p>\n
Is not this a good motto for the Christian? He must live a pure life, which means a holy one; he certainly must speak the truth and do what he can to right conditions that are wrong. Above all, he must follow the King, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Author and Finisher of our faith. <\/p>\n
3111<\/b> President Garfield\u2019s Principles<\/b><\/p>\n
When President James A. Garfield was a youth, an elderly friend gave him a set of personal principles that he cherished to the end of life. The guide read:<\/p>\n
Never be idle. <\/p>\n
Make few promises. <\/p>\n
Always speak the truth. <\/p>\n
Live within your income. <\/p>\n
Never speak evil of anyone. <\/p>\n
Keep good company or none. <\/p>\n
Live up to your engagements. <\/p>\n
Never play games of chance. <\/p>\n
Drink no intoxicating drinks. <\/p>\n
Good character is above everything else. <\/p>\n
Keep your own secrets if you have any. <\/p>\n
Never borrow if you can possibly help it. <\/p>\n
Do not marry until you are able to support a wife. <\/p>\n
When you speak to a person look into his eyes. <\/p>\n
Save when you are young to spend when you are old. <\/p>\n
Never run into debt unless you see a way out again. <\/p>\n
Good company and good conversation are the sinews of virtue. <\/p>\n
Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. <\/p>\n
If anybody speaks evil of you let your life be so that no one believes him. <\/p>\n
When you retire at night think over what you have done during the day. <\/p>\n
If your hands cannot be employed usefully, attend to the culture of your mind. <\/p>\n
Read the above carefully and thoughtfully at least once a week. <\/p>\n
3112<\/b> The Christian\u2019s Garden<\/b><\/p>\n
First, plant five rows of peas: Preparedness, Promptness, Perseverance, Politeness, and Prayer. Next to them plant three rows of squash: Squash Gossip, Squash Criticism, and Squash Indifference. Then five rows of lettuce: Let us be Faithful, Let us be Unselfish, Let us be Loyal, Let us be Truthful, Let us Love One Another. And no garden is complete without turnips: Turn up for Church, Turn up with a Smile, Turn up with Determination. <\/p>\n
\u2014Moody Monthly<\/i><\/p>\n
3113<\/b> Epigram On Life (Christian) <\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 A Christian is the gentlest of men; but then he is a man. <\/p>\n
\u2014Spurgeon<\/p>\n
\u2022 Christianity helps us to face the music, even when we don\u2019t like the tune. <\/p>\n
\u2014Philips Brooks<\/p>\n
\u2022 It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless we preach as we walk. <\/p>\n
\u2014Francis of Assisi<\/p>\n
\u2022 Our great problem is the problem of trafficking in unlived truth. We try to communicate what we\u2019ve never experienced in our own life. <\/p>\n
\u2014Moody<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cWhen does the service begin?\u201d whispered a visitor to someone sitting beside him in a Quaker\u2019s meeting. \u201cSir, service begins just after the meeting ends,\u201d was the reply. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Live for thy neighbour if thou wouldst live for God. <\/p>\n
\u2014Seneca<\/p>\n
\u2022 Many a wise adviser tells us that we should do at least two things we dislike to do every day. This will make life meaningful and productive, they say. I would timidly suggest that each day we should also do at least two things we really want to do. This makes it worth living. <\/p>\n
\u2014Davenport, Iowa, Times<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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