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Loving what is good
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5598 Russian Line-Up
Auto races were held in Prague with only two cars entered—an American Ford and a Russian Moskvich. The Ford won—way ahead of the other. Prague newspapers reported: “The Soviet Moskvich placed second, while the American Ford was next to the last.…”
—Denni Hlasatel
SIN
5702 What Is Sin
Man calls it an accident ; God calls it an abomination.
Man calls it a blunder; God calls it blindness.
Man calls it a defect; God calls it a disease.
Man calls it a chance; God calls it a choice.
Man calls it an error; God calls it an enmity.
Man calls it a fascination; God calls it a fatality.
Man calls it an infirmity; God calls it an iniquity.
Man calls it a luxury; God calls it a leprosy.
Man calls it a liberty; God calls it lawlessness.
Man calls it a trifle; God calls it a tragedy.
Man calls it a mistake; God calls it a madness.
Man calls it a weakness; God calls it willfulness.
—Moody Monthly
5704 Label It “Sin”
The late Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman used to tell of a Methodist preacher who often spoke on the subject of sin. He minced no words, but defined sin as “that abominable thing that God hates.” A leader in his congregation came to him on one occasion and urged him to cease using the ugly word. Said he: “Dr. Blank, we wish you would not speak so plainly about sin. Our young people, hearing you, will be more likely to indulge in sin. Call it something else, as “inhibition,” or “error” or a “mistake,” or even “a twist in our nature”.”
“I understand what you mean,” the preacher remarked and going to his desk brought out a little bottle. “This bottle,” he said, “contains strychnine. You will see that the red label here reads “Poison.” Would you suggest that I change the label, and paste one on that says, “Wintergreen?” The more harmless the name the more dangerous the dose will be.”
THE WAGES OF SIN
5712 Some Things We Can't Do
(1) Sow bad habits and reap a good character.
(2) Sow jealously and hatred and reap love and friendship.
(3) Sow wicked thoughts and reap a clean life.
(4) Sow wrong deeds and live righteously.
(5) Sow crime and get away with it.
(6) Sow dissipation and reap a healthy body.
(7) Sow crooked dealings and succeed indefinitely.
(8) Sow self-indulgence and not show it in your face.
(9) Sow disloyalty and reap loyalty from others.
(10) Sow dishonesty and reap integrity.
(11) Sow profane words and reap clean speech.
(12) Sow disrespect and reap respect.
(13) Sow deception and reap confidence.
(14) Sow untidiness and reap neatness.
(15) Sow intemperance and reap sobriety and temperance.
(16) Sow indifference and reap nature's rewards.
(17) Sow mental or physical laziness and reap a responsible position in society.
(18) Sow cruelty and reap kindness.
(19) Sow wastefulness and reap thriftiness.
(20) Sow cowardice and reap courage.
(21) Sow destruction of other people's property and reap protection for our own.
(22) Sow greed and envy and reap generosity.
(23) Sow neglect of the Lord's house and reap strength in temptation.
(24) Sow neglect of the Bible and reap a well-guided life.
(25) Sow human thistles and reap human roses.
—James Nankivell
”ALL HAVE SINNED”
5724 Graham Got Telephone Directory
Preparatory to beginning a meeting in a large city, famed evangelist Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the mayor in which he asked for the names of individuals he knew who had spiritual problems and needed help and prayer.
How surprised the evangelist was when he received from the mayor a city directory.
5729 Moody's “Saints” Stayed In Church
At a church where D. L. Moody was invited to preach, he was warned that some of the congregation usually left before the end of the sermon.
When Mr. Moody rose to begin his sermon, he announced, “I am going to speak to two classes of people this morning: first to the sinners, and then to the saints.”
He proceeded to address the “sinners” for awhile, then said they could leave. For once every member of the congregation stayed to the end of the sermon.
Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times . Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.
ANGER
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come … andshouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
ger weakens a man. It puts him at a disadvantage in every undertaking in life. When Sinbad and his sailors landed on one of their tropical islands, they saw high up in the trees coconuts which could quench their thirst and satisfy their hunger. The coconuts were far above the reach of Sinbad and the sailors, but in the branches of the trees were the chattering apes. Sinbad and his men began to throw stones and sticks up at the apes. This enraged the monkeys and they began to seize the coconuts and hurl them down at the men on the ground. That was just what Sinbad and his men wanted. They got the apes angry so that the apes would gather their food for them. That is a good illustration of how by indulgence in anger we play into the hands of our foes.
100 Angry Judge Frees Hatted Man
Judge John A. Weeks spotted a man sitting in the rear of his Minneapolis courtroom wearing a hat. Disturbed by this disregard for courtroom decorum, he ordered the man to leave.
Then the clerk called for the burglary case of George A. Rogde, who had been freed on bond. Rogde didn't come forward.
“Your honor,” said the prosecuting attorney, “that is the man you ordered from the courtroom.”
Police are still looking for Rogde.
Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times . Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.
SELF-CENTEREDNESS
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
—Revelation 18:7
5494 License Plate No. 1
Paul Powell, Illinois secretary of state, had to decide who would get auto license plate No. 1. “It was a real problem,” he said. “I'm not about to assign it to someone and make about a thousand other people feel hurt.” His solution? He assigned it to himself.
5495 Strong Dose Of Selfishness Okayed
Merv Anderson, reviewing Dr. Hans Selve's book, Stress Without Distress , states that the Montreal doctor prescribes “a strong dose of selfishness as the best way of achieving a happier, saner society.” Unbridled idealism, he suggests, is a cancerous curse. He even dares to attack one of the Bible's most celebrated injunctions: “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” He brands this as biological heresy.
Dr. Selve asserts that true self-interest covers the full range of biological drives, and this includes man's social nature and his need to get along with other people.
His solution—altruistic egotism. This is simply a case of helping others for the selfish motive of deserving help in return.
So instead of trying the impossible feat of loving your neighbor as yourself, you should content yourself with earning your neighbor's respect.
5496 Only Interests For France
“We do not have friends; we have interests,” said General Charles De Gaulle while President of France. What did he mean? Simply that France's relationships with other nations could only be decided around her “interests”—commercial advantage or disadvantage. This is the underlying common denominator which determines most national relationships and decisions in Commerce.
5497 “Just You And Me”
Dear Friend:
Our church membership 1400
Nonresident membership 75
Balance left to do the work… 1325
Elderly folks who have done their share in the past 25
Balance left to do the work… 1300
Sick and shut-in folks 25
Balance left to do the work… 1275
Membership who did not pledge 350
Christmas and Easter members 300
Balance left to do the work… 625
Members who are too tired and overworked 300
Balance left to do the work… 325
Alibiers 200
Balance left to do the work… 125
Members who are too busy somewhere else 123
Balance left to do the work… 2
Just you and me—and brother, you'd better get busy, for it's too much for me!
—Progress
5498 When Other Fellow Acts …
Have you noticed: WHEN the other fellow acts that way, he is ugly; when you do, it's nerves. WHEN others are set in their ways, they're obstinate; when you are, it is firmness. WHEN your neighbor doesn't like your friend, he's prejudiced; when you don't like his, you are a good judge of human nature. WHEN he tries to treat someone especially well, he's toadying; when you try it, you are being thoughtful.
WHEN he takes time to do things well, he's a slowpoke or lazy; when you do, you are deliberate and careful. WHEN he spends a lot, he is a spendthrift; when you do, you're generous. WHEN someone picks flaws in things, he's cranky and critical; when you do, you are creative. WHEN he is mild-mannered you call him weak; when you are, it is graciousness.
WHEN someone dresses especially well, that person is extravagant; when you do, it is tastefulness. WHEN he says what he thinks, he's spiteful; when you do, you are being frank. WHEN he takes great risks in business, he's foolhardy; when you do, you are wise financier.
5499 Pink Was Empress' Property
The Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, had a strange liking for the shade of pink. She was so jealous of this tint that she issued a decree making it a capital crime for any other woman in her empire to wear a pink garment—visible or concealed. The empress prided herself on being an opponent of capital punishment. But any woman caught in a violation of the pink law was liable to mutilation or deportation to Siberia—or both.
5500 Sin In Psychology
Some 7,000 psychologists jammed into Cincinnati for their annual convention. The University of Illinois' famed researcher O. Hobart Mowrer—how famed, the reader can presently determine for himself—declared, “We psychologists have largely followed the Freudian doctrine that human beings are too good.” The patient “has within him impulses, especially those of lust and hostility which he has been unnecessarily inhibiting. And health, we tell him, lies in recognizing and expressing these impulses … As a result, we have largely abandoned belief in right and wrong, virtue and sin.”
—Prairie Overcomer
5501 Roosevelt's Drive
Theodore Roosevelt, sometimes known as Roosevelt the First, was a President who knew his value; he did not cheapen himself by underestimating it. “Father always had to be the center of attention,” said one of his children. “When he went to a wedding, he wanted to be the bride. When he went to a funeral, he was sorry that he couldn't be the corpse.”
5502 Horseback Logic
A small boy and his sister were riding on the back of the new wooden horse given to them as a present. Suddenly the boy turned to his sister and said: “If one of us would get off there would be more room for me.”
5503 “Talking About Me”
Elizabeth Chevalier, author of the best-selling novel, Driven Woman , wrote in a letter to Macmillan, “Have you heard the one about the novelist who met an old friend? After they had talked for two hours, the novelist said, “Now we've talked about me long enough—let's talk about you! What did you think of my last novel?””
5504 Book Hunt For Own Name
It is said that Dr. Clyde Miller of Columbia University has his way of disposing of dull books occasionally sent to him by publishers. He sends them on to friends with a note, ostensibly from the author, saying, I hope you will be pleased by the references made to you in this volume, and hope that you will not have any objection to this use of your name.” Dr. Miller takes pleasure in the vision of friends searching vainly through the books for allusions to them.
5505 Her New Snowsuit
A Milwaukee teacher took her first-grade class to a dairy where a guide showed the children through the entire plant, explaining the whole process. The tour over, the guide asked if anyone had any questions. One little girl raised her hand.
“Did you notice,” she asked, “that I've got on my new snowsuit?”
—Milwaukee Journal
5506 Narcissus In Love With Self
One day, Narcissus, who had resisted all the charms of others, came to an open fountain of silvery clearness. He stooped down to drink, and saw his own image, and thought it some beautiful water-spirit living in the fountain. He gazed, and admired the eyes, the neck, the hair, the lips. He fell in love with himself. In vain he sought a kiss and an embrace. He talked to the charmer, but received no response. He could not break the fascination, and so he pined away and died.
—Foster
5507 Politicians' Assumed Meanings
When a political columnist says “every thinking man,” he means himself. When a candidate appeals to “every intelligent voter,” he means everybody who's going to vote for him.
5508 Names On The Bullets
When the Athenians, after a battle with Xerxes came to the Isthmus, and every officer took a bullet from the altar to inscribe upon it the names of those who had done the best service, every one put himself in the first place, and Themistocles in the second.
—Plutarch
5509 Epigram On Self-Centeredness
• “Be Yourself!” is about the worse advice you can give to some people.
• My idea of an agreeable person is one who agrees with me.
—Samuel Johnson
• Admiration: Our polite recognition of another person's resemblance to ourselves.
• Some people have a keen sense of humor. The more you humor them, the better they like it.
• You can always tell when a man's well-informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
—Louie Morris
• For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
—Thoreau
• Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
—Lord Chesterfield
• He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
—Franklin
• Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
—Disraeli
• He who thinks himself good for everything is often good for nothing.
—Picard
• The smallest package we have ever seen is a man wrapped up in himself.
• The husband who boasts that he never made a mistake has a wife who did.
• In the post office of a prideful small town in New York State, appropriate signs were posted over the outgoing-mail slots. One sign read “Webster,” the town's name; the other read “Rest of the World.”
See also: Individualism ; Conceited ; Proud ; II Tim. 3:2.
Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times . Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.
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