There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned at the sound of her son crying she saw that his hand was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She tried to help him and pulled and...
Once upon a time there was a White Knight looking for adventure. He came to a village where legends told of a terrible ogre in a pit. Bravely the White Knight took up the challenge. He would do battle with the terrible ogre in the pit. The people remembered several...
I will always remember Stella. Elderly, blind and living alone, one might think she should have spun long tales of hardship and misery. And I suppose she could have told such stories, but she made little room in her life for self-pity. She might have mentioned the...
A tax assessor came one day to a poor pastor to determine the amount of taxes the pastor would have to pay.The following conversation takes place:“What property do you possess?” asked the assessor.“I am a very wealthy man,” replied the minister.“List your possessions,...
A merchantman, who was a Christian, was asked to help by a contribution to a certain work of a church. He gladly wrote a check for $100 and gave it to the visitor.At that moment a cable was brought in. The merchant read it and looked troubled."This cable," said he,...
Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very inebriated Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash...
"A story is told about William Randolph Hearst, the late newspaper publisher. Hearst invested a fortune in collecting great works of art. One day he read about some valuable pieces of art and decided that he must add them to his collection. He sent his agent abroad to...