• Ready For Either

  Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Brethren

READY FOR EITHER

A Roman coin was once found with the picture of an ox on it. The ox was facing two things--an altar and a plough--and the inscription read: "Ready for either."

The ox had to be ready either for the supreme moment of sacrifice on the altar or the long labour of the plough on the farm.