"Albert," said his mother, "I have purchased a small Bible for you to carry to Europe. Promise me that you will read a portion from it every day." Albert promised. For eight months he was true to his word. Now his division was making the "great push" along the west...
The Bible is shallow enough that the most timid swimmer may enjoy its waters without fear.It is deep enough for the most expert swimmer to enjoy without touching bottom.Its critics have been legion, but it is still here; they are gone.It is the root of all good civil...
A man somewhat sceptical sat down to read the Bible one hour each evening. After a while he said to his wife, "If this Book is right, we are wrong."A few evenings later he said, "If this Book is right, we are lost."Later he said, "If this Book is right, we may be...
A clock in an Edinburgh church steeple was striking nine when three young men passed on their way to a place of sin. Suddenly one of them stopped and said, "I can not go with you." And when they pressed him for a reason, he said, "When I left my home in the hill...
The story is told of an artist who was painting the interior of the cupola of a famous cathedral. He was compelled to work while standing on a swinging scaffold far above the pavement. One day when he had finished a detail on which he had spent days of painstaking...
Some years ago, a vessel named the "Thetis" was cruising in the Mediterranean in search of a shoal, a bank, or something of the kind, said to exist beneath the treacherous waters. The captain, having failed to locate it, after adopting all the means he thought...
Constance Foster tells of an elderly widow whose husband's death had left her almost destitute. No longer able to meet the heavy expense of maintaining her home, Mrs. Horton asked for prayer that she might by some miracle be able to keep it, together with all her...