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  • Two Men Were Once Discussing Why It Is That You ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Feb 22, 2008
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    Two men were once discussing why it is that you cannot see the stars by day. The stars are still there. One man maintained that they could be seen if one went far enough down in a well. The other denied the proposition but permitted himself to be lowered into the well. After he had been lowered a ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher, A Mr. Kimball, In 1858 ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Feb 22, 2008
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    A Sunday school teacher, a Mr. Kimball, in 1858 led a Boston shoe clerk to give his life to Christ. The clerk, Dwight L. Moody, became an evangelist. In England in 1879, he awakened evangelistic zeal in the heart of Fredrick B. Meyer, pastor of a small church. F. B. Meyer, preaching to an ...read more

  • Michael Griffiths Once Wrote A Book With The ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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    Michael Griffiths once wrote a book with the intriguing title “Cinderella With Amnesia. ” The cover shows a picture of Cinderella sitting in rags by the fireplace. She is gazing at a glass slipper in her hand, and her face reveals utter bewilderment. She obviously has no idea what it is. Nor ...read more

  • In The Book Of Revelation, Jesus Himself Speaks ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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    In the book of Revelation, Jesus himself speaks to them. He commends them for many things. But then he adds this sobering rebuke. “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. ” (Rev. 2:4) WHO is your FIRST LOVE? Over the years, have the pursuits, the distractions, the ...read more

  • There Was Once A School For Poor And ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,446 views

    There was once a school for poor and underprivileged boys. In it there was a rule that, if certain things took place, the offender was to receive so many blows from a cane. One day a very poor boy broke this rule. He was called and stripped to receive his punishment. He had had little to eat, and ...read more

  • Captain Mitsuo Fuchida Was The Commander Of The ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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    Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was the commander of the squadron that bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war he became a hero in Japan. Yet he felt his life was empty. Then he heard the amazing story of one of the American pilots, Jacob DeShazer, who had been captured and put in prison in ...read more

  • Architect Frank Lloyd Wright Once Told Of An ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
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    Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once told of an incident that may have seemed insignificant at the time, but had a profound influence on the rest of his life. The winter he was 9, he went walking across a snow-covered field with his reserved, no-nonsense uncle. As the two of them reached the far end ...read more

  • The Management Regrets That It Has Come To Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
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    The management regrets that it has come to their attention that workers dying on the job are failing to fall down. This practice must stop, as it becomes impossible to distinguish between death and the natural movement of the staff. ...read more

  • The Muse Of Good Friday?  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
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    THE MUSE OF GOOD FRIDAY? Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible, it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. SOURCE: W. ...read more

  • There Was Once A Bridge Which Spanned A Large ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
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    There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass thru freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge ...read more