I go peacefully to sleep. After all, there is no need for two of us to lie awake. The poet adds well his lines to this: “They slumber sweetly whom faith rocks to sleep For no pillow is as soft as the promises God will keep.” "A Testimony of Life" Sometimes we become discouraged when we have prayed faithfully for the salvation of loved ones, and we feel as if We will just give up. But listen to this story! In England there is a little chapel which an infidel built. He had a Christian wife but he refused to listen to her; nevertheless she continued to ask the Lord that he might be reached. This man also refused to have the minister in the home for he hated the Bible and the things of the faith. So his wife, realizing that she could not reach him by words prayed for him each day at high noon. She said nothing to him but for twelve months she had prayed. Six more months went by but there was no answer. Her faith began to waver a bit. Then she thought per haps he would be reached when death came to her. A few weeks later, her husband came home from work. He did not go to thé dining room, as was his cus tom, and she went to look for him. Then it was that she found him in the very room where she had tallied to God so earnestly during all the long months. There he was in con viction and repentance. The creator of the chapel was a new creation in Christ. 8
"Living on 21c a Day" The report comes from Brown Uni versity scientists, who fed an elec tronic computer all the necessary data on what a man must have to keep him alive. The machine ac cepted therefore, that man must have certain minimum quantities of pro tein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and five vitamins. When the levers were pulled, and the buttons pushed, the machine came out with the data that a man could live on $.21 a day with the combination of only four foods: lard, beef liver, orange juice and soy bean meal. The fact is, however, the re searchers were not able to cook the mess into a palatable meal. Even a hungry laboratory dog was reluctant to eat the stuff. The machine had no taste buds. There are many people who are frustrated and disgusted with life because all that is served to them is the concoction of selfish desires and pride that seem to nourish for a while, but can never truly satisfy. It is only when the Lord Jesus Christ resides within the human heart that life becomes palatable to us. My friend, “Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trust- eth in Him.” "Out of World War II" Folk rather marveled at the calm of an elderly woman who went through the bombings and nerve shattering blitzkriegs of World War II in England. When asked to give the secret of her serenity amidst such terror and danger, she replied: “Well every night I say my prayers and I remember how the parson told us that God is always watching. So
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