Where is the man for the day? – C.H. Spurgeon
If confessors, Reformers, Martyrs and Covenanters had been cowardly or unfaithful to the name of Jesus, where would have been the churches today? Must we not play the man as they did? When you go to the zoological gardens you all admire the bear; but how would you like a bear wandering about the streets? […]
The Gift
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing that his father could afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As graduation day approached, the young man awaited the sign that his father had purchased […]
The Unmoved Rock
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained to the man that he was to push against the […]
The Power of a Praying Parent
When George McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grand children and great grand children Every day between 11:00 a.m and noon, he prayed for the three generations. […]
The Coming of the LORD
“It may be in the evening, when the work of the day is done, And you have time to sit in the twilight and watch the sinking sun, When the long bright day dies slowly over the sea, And the hours grow quiet and holy with thoughts of Me. Let the door be on the […]
The Colonel’s Word Will Stand – Colonel Hardress
During my military service in India, in those stirring times of mutiny and murder, I had in my regiment a little bugler. I had often noticed him as being too fragile and delicate for the life he had to lead; but he was born in the regiment, we were bound to make the best of […]
The little highland hero
In the north of Scotland, where the main railway line crosses a great ravine or gully – a fearful-looking abyss – the viaduct that bridged it was one of the wonders of the north. One night a fearful storm raged over that district. The little stream or burn that meandered under the viaduct was turned […]
The most interesting story ever heard – Bob Jones
The most interesting story I ever heard was told me years ago by a man over 80 years of age. We were sitting together on a projecting rock of a mountain in Arkansas. Here is the story: “I was down in the country during the civil war. Across on the other side yonder, there were […]