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All things here pass away. I cannot tell you the strange joy I felt after the earthquake at Menton, France. I had been to see many of the houses that had been shaken down, and the two churches that were greatly injured, and I was full of the earthquake. I had quite realized its terrors and its power,…

A stone thrown about from hand to hand is self-contained and independent, but when the mason puts it on the foundation it is dependent. It leans on the cornerstone upon which it is placed. Poor tempted soul, that is just what you have to do. You must not be a loose stone resting on yourself and tossed…

Search Committee’s Reference checks We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references.…

The story of the painting, The Last Supper, is >> > > > > > extremely interesting and instructive. The two >> > > > > > incidents connected with it afford a most convincing >> > > > > > lesson on the effects of right thinking or wrong >> > > > > > thinking in the life of a boy or girl, or of a man >>…

Picture yourself sitting in a gloomy dungeon, a captive in the hands of the cruel tyrant Nero, and under the supervision of the infamous prefect Tigellinus, the most detestable of all Nero’s satellites. Conceive yourself as expecting soon to be taken out to death—perhaps to such a horrible death as the…

In the dark and dreadful night, the destroying angel is let loose, with noiseless wings, and with a sharp sword that never misses its mark. He is speeding from house to house throughout all the land of Egypt, and from the firstborn of Pharaoh upon the throne to the firstborn of the slave woman behind…

A group of engineering researchers have examined the reasons why shoelaces become untied in an effort to understand the dynamic forces that cause microstructures to fail. Researchers used a slow motion camera to film a person running on a treadmill to figure out how the knots in shoelaces loosen over…

Transportation Safety Authority officials said the amount of money left behind by travelers as they hurry through screening checkpoints continues to add up. In 2018, the dimes, quarters, nickels and pennies totaled almost one million dollars. The unclaimed money is currently deposited into a special…

Sri Lankan authorities reported workers digging a well in a man’s backyard unearthed what could be the world’s largest sapphire cluster. Local authorities said the person digging the well, alerted them about finding some rare stones before they stumbled on the huge specimen. They reported the cluster…

At the end of hundreds of pages or seven hours (nearly ten in the extended editions) Frodo is finally inside of Mt. Doom, one toss away from being rid of the ring and finished with his arduous quest. But he can’t do it. Faced with the prospect of giving up his precious, he balks, and it is only through…

Officials at Death Valley National Park said they hope to capture a goat seen wandering in the California section of the park. A tourist spotted the goat near Stovepipe Wells and shared a picture with park officials. Rangers immediately went to area to find the non-native animal and remove it from the…

A Taiwanese man who dropped his phone into a lake while paddle boarding, was sure he would never see the device again. He was surprised to learn it had been recovered when a drought caused the water to recede a year later. The man reportedly lost the phone in March 2020 when the chain around his neck…

Authorities in eastern Tennessee spent time searching for a tiger in the vicinity of Knoxville. A sheriff’s office spokesperson they received unconfirmed tiger sightings one evening in the eastern part of Knox County, and a deputy dispatched to the area also spotted the animal. They said it quickly disappeared…

A municipal road crew in Brazil are convinced they have discovered a manifestation of Jesus Christ inside a willow tree. When the crew sawed through the trunk of the tree a stain in the wood was shaped like a man in a loose-flowing gown. They, and many who have viewed the image say that it looks like…

Authorities are advising residents to be on the lookout for a white sheep in an area between Haddenfield, New Jersey, and a neighboring community. They said the sheep is very skittish and runs away when approached. Local animal control officials said they have seen the sheep but it is very hard to catch…

An Irish wildlife park said a pair of giant pelicans that flew out of their enclosure last summer returned home several months later. The Fota Wildlife Park said the great white pelicans flew to freedom despite having their wings clipped to prevent their escape. After 21 weeks on the loose, they returned…

Canadian police said a moose they tried to lead back to the safety of the woods, helped them find a stolen vehicle. Authorities received several calls about a moose headed south in the St. John’s area. Police attempted to direct the animal back to a wooded area, but it kept slipping away from them. Authorities…

When San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officers responded to a report of a loose pig, they found an animal the size of a mini horse wandering the streets. One of the deputies had a bag of Doritos chips in her lunch and sacrificed them by placing the chips on the ground for the pig to follow. The animal…

Dave Martinez, the manager of the Washington Nationals used three camels to encourage his players to get over the team’s playoff hump. The Nationals had reached the playoffs in four of last six seasons, but had not won a postseason series since they relocated to Washington before the 2005 season. To…

When you are going through airline security to board a flight they make you empty your pockets. Travelers drop their change into the bin along with their other possessions to be x-rayed. In their haste to make it to the gate many of them don’t bother to pick the loose change up again. Last year travelers…

It started with something as simple as a pet owner who decided it was time to get rid of their pet snake. They released the snake into the wild to make its own way. Now there are an estimated 100,000 pythons loose in the Everglades. The giant Burmese python grows so large even the alligators cannot match…

A report released by the Transportation Security Administration says airline passengers left behind nearly $675,000 in loose change last year, and most of it eventually went into the TSA’s account. In 2005, Congress gave the agency the ability to use forgotten money to help fund security operations.…

A National Geographic Channel special, “The Story of God,” attempts to bring people of all religious beliefs together by emphasizing what we all have in common. Omar Camilletti, spokesman for the Mosque of Rome, one of the largest in Europe, says that Jesus is a part of Islamic beliefs, though as a prophet…

Greg Snider pulled into a parking lot in Houston to make a business call. While he was there, a homeless man approached the car and asked for change, so Snider gave him 75 cents and drove off. When Snider pulled onto a nearby freeway, police stopped him and surprised him by how aggressive the officers…

It has been said that your reactions are a better indicator of what you really believe than your actions. Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham and Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren recently found out how true that statement really is. Graham, Van Susteren, and a group of people…