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If some poor girl were suddenly called away from the milk pail and lifted from poverty and hard servitude to be the bride of a prince, the very thought of it would bring the crimson to her cheeks. “Can it be!” she would say. I can imagine that when she was brought to court there would be a noticeable…

Some may say that the burden of original sin is not our burden, but Adam’s. But the burden of the father, if he brings the whole household into poverty, becomes the burden of the family, and each individual member of it. If the head should ache, it is no use for the hand to say, “It is no business of…

What is true in nature is also true in providence. A man is idle and neglects his business. He sleeps in the morning when he ought to be at work. He is dilatory and careless about his affairs. So, as the inevitable consequence, he goes from bad to worse and is soon bankrupt. As he sows, so he reaps.…

Gregory Nazianzen, a foremost father of the Christian Church, rejoiced that he was well versed in the Athenian philosophy. Why do you think he rejoiced in that? Because he had to give it all up when he became a Christian, and, said he, “I thank God that I had a philosophy to throw away.” He counted it…

One reason God has a poor people is so that He may display more the power of His comforting promises and the supports of the gospel. “There,” says the architect, “this building is strong.” Yes, but it must be tested: Let the wind blow against it. There is a lighthouse out at sea, but it is a calm night—I…

The man that has seen affliction, when he is blessed of God, has the disposition to cheer those that are afflicted. I have heard speak of a lady who was out in the snow one night, and was so very cold that she cried out, “Oh, those poor people that have such a little money! How little fuel they have,…

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

Stephen Baskerville has written a new book entitled, The New Politics of Sex: The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Power. In it, he emphasizes the importance of intact families and the destructive influence of our structures. Baskerville says, “In the past Christian…

Baseball card collectors saw several new record prices for the collectables in a short time during the pandemic. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, and then nearly a year, later a spotless edition of the rare T206 Honus Wagner card produced between 1909 and 1911 sold for…

Marcus Rashford is a star on the soccer field for Manchester United, but is a star off the field for all of Brittan. Due to his influence and personal donations, he raised $28 million to combat poverty. As a child, he was food insecure, so he is motivated to see that disadvantaged children have something…

Surveys of the workers in major companies predict that big changes are ahead for a lot of American companies. Research suggests anywhere from 25 to 40 % of workers are seriously thinking about quitting their jobs. Workers have had more than a year to reconsider the balance between work and life, and…

“Problem gamblers make up about 10 to 15 percent of lottery participants, but are responsible for 80 percent of the $73 billion in sales of state lotteries. The higher the poverty rate in an area, the higher the sales of lottery games. It is the desire for money they don’t have that lead those struggling…

Louie was born unable to walk in a country facing political turmoil and poverty. The boys had no feeling below the knees, so he could only move around by pushing himself with his hands and dragging his body through the dirt. People in his country often view disabilities as a curse, but Louie’s family…

Tests conducted by the Automobile Association of America over a two-year period show that partially automated driving systems so do not always work right. As a result, the organization recommends limiting their use. Researchers tested systems from five manufacturers over 4,000 miles and encountered problems…

According to Noel King of NPR, “One in 5 school children struggles with anxiety, and almost half of them experience at least one serious stressor at home - something like divorce or poverty or a parent's addiction.”—Jim L. Wilson https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/807665085/mindfulness-transforms-culture-at-high-needs-elementary-school…

Burden is a historical drama about racism. It features the battle between the KKK and a Baptist Pastor in Laurens, SC. Mike Burden grew up amid poverty and prejudice and comes under the influence of a KKK leader. He falls in love with a woman who tells him he must choose between her and the KKK. The…

The owners of a new restaurant in England dug up a receipt from a business that occupied their building more than 100 years ago. Ben and Lucy Cuthbert, owners of market Square restaurant said the receipt from the department store Lewis, Hyland, and Linom was in the floorboards they removed during the…

Rogelio Garcia Jr., 25, is an engineer with a degree from MIT. "I am living the American dream. I love my job. I don't have to worry about making next month's rent," Rogelio told "20/20." His sister, Adriana, 24, drives a sports car and is in management for a rental car chain. They're typical American…

Les Bernal is the national director of the nonprofit organization, Stop Predatory Gambling. All but six states sponsor a state lottery with a goal that is often getting more people to play or extracting larger sums of money from dedicated fans. “An enormous amount of their profits comes from people who…

An employee alerted Jitennda Singh about a possible shoplifter in his store. Singh went to the front and confronted the young man when he came to the register to check out. When asked to empty his pockets the boy took out one item, but Singh had seen him take more on the security cameras. When Singh…

Studies have shown that children who grow up in poverty do poorer in school than those who do not. Now, a new study suggests part of the reason stems from changes in how the brains of these children grow and work. The study, which combined the expertise of neuroscientists and economists, found that the…

The asking price of a New York City condo includes enough extras to allow the buyer to upgrade to a lavish lifestyle. The 15,000-square-foot duplex has an asking price of $85 million dollars, which is more than double the record for housing for the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan. The price…

Americans have a fixation with winning lotteries. The one 99.99 percent sure thing with a lottery is that you will be poorer for playing. In a recent record setting Powerball lottery the odds of winning were 1 in 292 million. That is about the same as flipping a coin and getting the same result, (heads…

When Chef Gordon Ramsay and his family go on vacation, his four kids are not permitted to sit with him and his wife in first class. “They haven’t worked anywhere near hard enough to afford first class,” the wealthy Ramsay declares. Having been raised in public housing in poverty and chaos where he left…

“Daniel Patrick Moynihan, at the time a federal official, wrote a famous report in March 1965 on family breakdown among African-Americans. He argued presciently and powerfully that the rise of single-parent households would make poverty more intractable.” “The fundamental problem,” Moynihan wrote, is…