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WITandWISDOM(tm) - August 7, 2000 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think. - Dale Carnegie Source: The Motivation Mailer, motivational_mailer-subscribe@topica.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: A great evangelist closed his sermon with an appeal for his hearers to surrender their lives to Christ. A score or more responded, among them a woman of wealth, who was well known in social circles. She asked the minister if she might say a few words. Imagine the surprise of all when she said: "I wanted to tell you why I have come forward tonight. It was not because of the excellent sermon delivered by the preacher, but because of the sermon I have seen from day to day in the life of this little woman sitting near me. Her hands are disfigured and hardened by daily toil; the burdens of years have stooped her frame. She is just a humble washerwoman. For a number of years she has served my home, but in all this time, her life has been above even the slightest reproach. Not one unkind word has passed her lips; not one frown have I seen upon her brow; not once has she become impatient, although she might have found many excuses for so doing. "Under the most trying conditions she has manifested a sweet Christian spirit. Quietly she has done countless little acts of love for others. I am sorry to say it, but I have sneered at her simple faith, and taunted her for her childlike trust in God. But when trouble came to my home, when my little girl was snatched from me by the cruel hand of death, it was this humble child of God who brought the first ray of hope to my troubled soul. There is a sweet magnetism about her consistent life that has drawn me to the Saviour, and there is a longing in my heart to love and follow her Master." The minister asked that the godly washerwoman should come forward. Happy tears were streaming down her cheeks, and her face was lighted up with joy. "I want to introduce you," said the evangelist, "to the real preacher of the evening." By Charles L. Paddock Source: Signs of the Times, Copyright (c) December 22, 1931, Pacific Press, www.pacificpress.com/signs via http://www.witandwisdom.org Submitted by: Dale Galusha ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: The homework for a Sunday school class was to read Isaiah 9. The teacher asked the class how many had remembered to read the chapter. Every hand went up. 'Wonderful!' she thought, 'we can have a great discussion!' "Do you remember the first verse?" Silence, while a few of the youngsters paged furiously through their Bibles trying to find Isaiah. "I'll give you a bit of help. 'The people who walked in darkness . . .'" Still no answer. "I have a candy bar for the first one who can complete the verse." Instantly she was besieged by answers! "Use less electricity!" "Stub their toes a lot!" "Spend most of the time sleeping" "Are usually burglars" "Could really use a flashlight!" And about that time someone finally found Isaiah 9 and just read it. By Teresa W. Carrigan, Copyright (c) 2000 Source: Jo Jokers, jo-jokers-subscribe@egroups.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: "The most efficient part of any organization is a standing committee. The minute you give them chairs, the meetings last forever." - Robert Orben, U.S. humorist Source: Bits & Pieces, July 20, 1995, Copyright (c) Economic Press, Inc., www.epinc.com via http://www.witandwisdom.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Sir, The hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers", sung to the right tune and in a not-too-brisk tempo, makes a very good egg timer. If you put the egg into boiling water and sing all five verses and chorus, the egg will be just right when you come to Amen. - Letter in the Daily Telegraph Source: Peter's Pearls, subscribe@peterspearls.com.au via http://www.witandwisdom.org |