For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Tim. 4:3<\/i><\/p>\n
3135<\/b> Ear\u2019s Shape Shows Personality<\/b><\/p>\n
If we are to believe the psychologists who specialize in human ears, it is possible to judge a person\u2019s personality by the shape and size of his ears. <\/p>\n
Take large ears, for example. When they are rounded, they show a strong nature that is concerned about truth and ideals, and also ambitions. If the ears are excessively large and fleshy, they point to a proud and pretentious nature. <\/p>\n
Small ears belong to careful and prudent people who have the gift of willpower and perseverance. They also are evidence of a constantly wakeful intelligence. <\/p>\n
As to oval ears, when they are well-formed, they show wisdom. A person with oval ears loves to study and has a desire for perfection. Ears that are cauliflower-shaped and not well-formed are the hallmark of frustrated, vulgar people without ideas and without charm. <\/p>\n
Furthermore, the difference between a person\u2019s two ears is said to mean something. If the right ear is larger than the left, the person acts in instinctive ways; in him fantasy has a stronger influence than reason. If the left ear is the larger one, the person is a cerebral type who never decides things casually. <\/p>\n
3136<\/b> A Form of Deafness<\/b><\/p>\n
There is a form of deafness known to physicians in which the person affected is able to hear everything except words. In such a case the ear, as an apparatus for mere hearing, may be so perfect that the tick of a watch or the song of a bird is really appreciated. But owing to a local injury deeper than the ear, for it is in the brain itself, all spoken words of his mother tongue are as unintelligible to the sufferer as those of a foreign language. <\/p>\n
Give him a book and he may read as understandingly as ever, but every word addressed to him through his ear reaches his consciousness only as a sound, not as a word. <\/p>\n
\u2014W. H. Thompson<\/p>\n
3137<\/b> TV News: In And Out<\/b><\/p>\n
Telephoning TV viewers after a newscast, Andrew Stern, a former ABC News staffer now on the journalism faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, found that 51% of those who had listened could not recall even one of the show\u2019s 19 items. Among all those called, the average memory rate was one item. The calls were made over a period ranging from immediately after the show\u2019s sign-off to 3% hours later. Not surprisingly, the lead story was the most remembered. <\/p>\n
Far and away the most quickly forgotten material was the show-ending commentaries. Stern blames the poor retention rate on \u201cdisrupting factors,\u201d especially dinner. His recommendation: the networks should shift their major newscasts of the day to 10:30 p.m. <\/p>\n
3138<\/b> To Read But Not To Hear<\/b><\/p>\n
King James the Second commanded an Act of Parliament, called the \u201cLiberty of Conscience Act,\u201d to be read in all the churches. The clergy were very unwilling to read it, and some of their congregations did not wish to hear it. One Sunday, when the time came for reading the document, the pastor said to his congregation: \u201cThough I am compelled to read this, you are not compelled to hear it,\u201d upon which the people rose up and left the church, and the clergyman read the Act of Parliament to the pews, hassocks, and walls. <\/p>\n
\u2014J. H. Bomberger<\/p>\n
3139<\/b> Gettysburg Address Went Unnoticed<\/b><\/p>\n
Of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s historic Gettysburg Address, Alexander Woollcot once hazarded an opinion that of the fifteen thousand persons present \u201conly an inconsiderable few heard what Lincoln said.\u201d The brief speech was over before the \u201carc of attention\u201d had been fully established. <\/p>\n
3140<\/b> Fact And Faith<\/b><\/p>\n
The minister\u2019s sermon concerned the relationship between fact and faith. \u201cThat you are sitting before me in this church,\u201d he said, \u201cis fact. That I am standing, speaking from this pulpit, is fact. But it is only faith that makes me believe anyone is listening.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Pastor\u2019s Manual<\/i><\/p>\n
3141<\/b> Preacher Was Against Sin<\/b><\/p>\n
Calvin Coolidge attended church alone because of the indisposition of Mrs. Coolidge. When he arrived back home he went up to his wife\u2019s room to see how she was feeling. She promptly reassured him, and asked him if he had enjoyed the sermon. He replied in a weak affirmative. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it about?\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n
\u201cSin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did the minister say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was against it.\u201d<\/p>\n
3142<\/b> Persistent Fly On Skeptic<\/b><\/p>\n
A hardened unbeliever went one day to see\u2014but not to hear\u2014George Whitefield when he preached outdoors to a great throng. In order to have a good vantage point, he climbed a nearby tree. Putting his fingers in both ears, he began to watch the mighty preacher. Then a persistent fly lit on his nose. He shook his head, but the fly wouldn\u2019t move. <\/p>\n
Just as he removed a hand from an ear to flick the fly away, Whitefield quoted the verse, \u201cHe that hath ears to hear, let him hear\u201d (Matt. 11:15). Then he spoke of the willful refusal of many to hear the Spirit\u2019s voice. The unbeliever was so impressed by what happened that he opened not only his ears to the gospel, but also his heart. <\/p>\n
\u2014Gospel Herald<\/i><\/p>\n
3143<\/b> No Second Hearing<\/b><\/p>\n
When Wagner\u2019s \u201cLohengrin\u201d was first performed in Paris, Rossini was asked his opinion of the work. <\/p>\n
\u201cOne cannot judge a work upon a single hearing,\u201d replied the Italian composer, \u201cand I have no intention of hearing this work a second time.\u201d<\/p>\n
3144<\/b> Ear of Dionysius<\/b><\/p>\n
In the dome of St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral there is what is known as the \u201cWhispering Gallery.\u201d Through the peculiar construction of the dome a whisper by a person at one side travels round and can be distinctly heard by another person standing at the other. <\/p>\n
An even more remarkable whispering gallery is that known as the \u201cEar of Dionysius\u201d at Syracuse in Sicily. This is a vast cave, which externally bears a resemblance to a human ear. Entering by a low doorway, the visitor finds himself in a huge cavern. High up, concealed in the roof, is a chamber, which can only be entered by a concealed path at the top. The faintest whisper uttered below is distinctly heard by those concealed above. <\/p>\n
In this chamber the tyrant Dionysius used to sit listening to his slaves working or to his captives imprisoned below. All their plots against him were thus, to them, mysteriously discovered and circumvented. From this historical fact the cave has received the name of the \u201cEar of Dionysius.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014James Burns<\/p>\n
3145<\/b> All Ears For Fables<\/b><\/p>\n
The orator Demades was once addressing the people of Athens, and since they paid little attention to his speech he asked for permission to tell them a fable of Aesop. On obtaining their consent he began: \u201cDemeter was traveling in company with a swallow and an eel. When they reached the bank of a river, the swallow flew up into the air and the eel plunged into the water.\u201d At this point he stopped. \u201cWell,\u201d they asked, \u201cand what about Demeter?\u201d \u201cHe is angry with you,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause you disregard affairs of state and are all ears for Aesop\u2019s fables.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3146<\/b> A Digression In Hebrew<\/b><\/p>\n
When Bishop Aylmer saw his congregation inattentive, he would recite some verses from the Hebrew Bible. His audience would stare with astonishment; then he would tell them the folly of listening to an unknown tongue, and neglecting words so easily comprehended. <\/p>\n
\u2014Foster<\/p>\n
3147<\/b> Where Is The Piccolo? <\/b><\/p>\n
Sir Michael Costa, the celebrated conductor, was holding a rehearsal. As the mighty chorus rang out, accompanied by hundreds of instruments, the piccolo player ceased playing, thinking perhaps that his contribution would not be missed amid so much music. Suddenly the great leader stopped and cried out: \u201cWhere is the piccolo?\u201d The sound of that one small instrument was necessary to the harmony, and the conductor\u2019s ear had not missed it. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3148<\/b> Hopeless Case For Strabo<\/b><\/p>\n
We are reminded of the old story by Strabo, the Greek philosopher. A musician was playing in a public place and, as he thought, holding his audience spellbound. But after a while the market bell sounded, and instantly all but one of his listeners left, for they did not want to miss the opportunity the market afforded. The musician turned to his solitary, as he thought, admirer, and complimented him for having a soul above merchandise, so that he was not drawn away by the market bell. <\/p>\n
\u201cMaster,\u201d the old man said, \u201cI am hard of hearing. Did you say the market bell had rung?\u201d<\/p>\n
When he was assured it had, the man said, \u201cThen I must be off.\u201d And away went the last man, unrestrained by the bonds of harmony. <\/p>\n
\u2014Spurgeon<\/p>\n
3149<\/b> Epigram On Listening<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Every man is superior to me in some way and from him I can learn. <\/p>\n
\u2014Emerson<\/p>\n
\u2022 Talk and you say what you already know, but listen and you learn something new. <\/p>\n
\u2022 To entertain some people all you have to do is listen. <\/p>\n
\u2014Bernard Edinger<\/p>\n
\u2022 A paradise on hearsay, a hell at sight. <\/p>\n
\u2014Japanese Proverb<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Knowledge ; Learning ; Rev. 3:13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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