And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Thessalonians 2:10 <\/i><\/p>\n
6938<\/b> Diogenes And His Lamp<\/b><\/p>\n
Diogenes (412 B.C.) made himself most unwelcome in Athens by trudging about barefoot without wearing a proper outer robe. He was best-known for carrying a lantern during daylight hours, thrusting the lantern in the face of people, \u201cI am looking for an honest man.\u201d He never found the man. <\/p>\n
6939<\/b> Truth\u2019s Own Airs<\/b><\/p>\n
When a man knows he is telling you the truth everything about him corroborates his sincerity. Any accomplished cross-examining lawyer knows within a little while whether a witness is genuine or a deceiver. Truth has her own air and manner, her own tone and emphasis. <\/p>\n
Yonder is a blundering, ignorant, country fellow in the witness box; the counsel tries to bamboozle and confuse him, if possible, but all the while he feels that he is an honest witness, and he says to himself, \u201cI should like to shake this fellow\u2019s evidence, for it will greatly damage my side of the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Spurgeon<\/p>\n
6940<\/b> Truth From Battle-Shock<\/b><\/p>\n
General S. L. A. Marshall discovered that men interviewed after battle are in such a state of shock that they can only tell the truth: officially it is called group method. General Marshall says that the average man cannot lie in the presence of comrades who would contradict him if he were telling an untruth; haunted by the memory of the recent dead, he will not lie. <\/p>\n
\u2014Ministers\u2019 Research Service<\/i><\/p>\n
6941<\/b> She Repeated Algebra Four Times<\/b><\/p>\n
Sometime ago the dean of an American college discovered that a woman for the last four years had elected the same course in algebra even though she had passed it the first time. <\/p>\n
The dean inquired of her for an explanation. The woman said she was so tired of arguing with her neighbors about everything in the world that she wanted to study something she couldn\u2019t argue about. <\/p>\n
Mathematical computations certainly do not change. Two times two will eternally be four. And that truth is authoritative as well as eternal. <\/p>\n
6942<\/b> Young Napoleon\u2019s Essay On Truth<\/b><\/p>\n
In 1791 the Academy at Lyons offered a prize for the best essay on the subject \u201cWhat Truths and Sentiments Is It Most Necessary to Impress upon Men For Their Happiness?\u201d Among the contestants was a young man of whom the world would shortly hear much\u2014the young Napoleon. Napoleon\u2019s essay was full of truth and elevated ideas. <\/p>\n
6943<\/b> Court Jester And Henry VIII<\/b><\/p>\n
Henry VIII., King of England, wrote a silly book against Martin Luther, for which the Pope conferred on him the title \u201cDefender of the Faith.\u201d As that tyrant appeared to be overjoyed at the acquisition, the Jester of the court asked the reason; and being told that it was because the Pope had given him that new title, the shrewd fool replied, \u201cMy good Henry, let thee and me defend each other, and let the faith alone to defend itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
6944<\/b> Returning That Egg<\/b><\/p>\n
It is said that when Grover Cleveland was a boy he insisted upon returning the egg that a neighbor\u2019s hen daily laid on the Cleveland side of the fence. Thus he early began to give proof of the honesty that marked him as a man and a future President of the United States. Faithfulness to high principles in such little things leads to honesty in matters of greater importance. <\/p>\n
6945<\/b> Lincoln\u2019s Integrity<\/b><\/p>\n
When he was 24 years old, Abraham Lincoln served as the postmaster of New Salem, Illinois, for which he was paid an annual salary of $55.70. <\/p>\n
Even then, 24 years before he entered the White House, the rail-splitter was showing the character that earned him the title of \u201cHonest Abe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New Salem post office was closed in 1836, but it was several years before an agent arrived from Washington to settle accounts with ex-postmaster Lincoln, who was a struggling lawyer not doing too well. <\/p>\n
The agent informed him that there was $17 due the government. Lincoln crossed the room, opened an old truck and took out a yellowed cotton rag bound with string. <\/p>\n
Untying it, he spread out the cloth and there was the $17. He had been holding it untouched for all the years. \u201cI never use any man\u2019s money but my own,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
6946<\/b> Telling The Robbers<\/b><\/p>\n
When the father of the great Emmanuel Kant was an old man he made a perilous journey through the forests of Poland to his native country of Silesia. On the way he encountered a band of robbers who demanded all his valuables, finally asking: \u201cHave you given us all?\u201d and only letting him go when he answered, \u201cAll.\u201d When safely out of their sight his hand touched something hard in the hem of his robe. It was his gold, sewn there for safety and quite forgotten by him in his fear and confusion. <\/p>\n
At once he hurried back to find the robbers, and having found them, he said meekly: \u201cI have told you what was not true; it was unintentional. I was too terrified to think. Here, take the gold in my robes.\u201d Then to the old man\u2019s astonishment nobody offered to take his gold. Presently one went and brought back his purse. Another restored his book of prayer, while still another led his horse toward him and helped him to mount. They then unitedly entreated his blessing, and watched him slowly ride away. Goodness had triumphed over evil. <\/p>\n
\u2014J. A. Clark<\/p>\n
6947<\/b> Lindbergh On Truth<\/b><\/p>\n
In my youth, science was more important to me than either man or God. I worshipped science. Its advance had surpassed man\u2019s wildest dreams. It took many years for me to discover that science, with all its brilliance, lights only a middle chapter of creation. <\/p>\n
I saw the aircraft I love destroying the civilization I expected it to save. Now I understand that spiritual truth is more essential to a nation than the mortar in its cities\u2019 walls. For when the actions of a people are undergirded by spiritual truths, there is safety. When spiritual truths are rejected, it is only a matter of time before civilization will collapse. <\/p>\n
We must understand spiritual truths and apply them to our modern life. We must draw strength from the almost forgotten virtues of simplicity, humility, contemplation and prayer. It requires a dedication beyond science, beyond self, but the rewards are great and it is our only hope. <\/p>\n
\u2014Charles Lindbergh<\/p>\n
6948<\/b> Epigram On Truth<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 When in doubt, tell the truth. <\/p>\n
\u2014Mark Twain<\/p>\n
\u2022 To fool the world, tell the truth. <\/p>\n
\u2014Bismarck<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nobody ever got hurt on the corners of a square deal. <\/p>\n
\u2022 The trouble with stretching the truth is that it\u2019s apt to snap back. <\/p>\n
\u2014Saturday Evening Post<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 Half a fact is a whole falsehood. <\/p>\n
\u2014Old Proverb<\/p>\n
\u2022 Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. <\/p>\n
\u2014Bernard M. Baruch<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jumping at conclusions is not half a good exercise as digging for facts. <\/p>\n
\u2014Lutheran Digest<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time. <\/p>\n
\u2014Benjamin Disraeli<\/p>\n
\u2022 Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. <\/p>\n
\u2014Aldous Huxley<\/p>\n
\u2022 It\u2019s easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before. <\/p>\n
\u2014Grit<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cThe portrait is like me, but too good-looking,\u201d was the criticism once made to an artist, which called forth the significant reply. \u201cIt is the truth, lovingly told.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Spencer Pearsall<\/p>\n
\u2022 There are only two ways: one is right and the other is wrong. About is always wrong. Don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s about right. If it\u2019s only about right, then it\u2019s wrong. If you come to a stream five feet wide and jump four-and-a-half feet you fall in and get drowned. You might just as well have tumbled in from the other side and saved yourself the exertion of the jump. <\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Honesty ; Integrity ; II Thess. 2:11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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