the choicest piece of meat he could find. H is palate was delighted when he feasted upon a delectable piece of tongue, prepared with savory condiments and spices. So, the next day, for variation he told the steward to bring him the worst dish he could possibly find. The servant warmed over the tongue from the previous day, added some distasteful broth and served this. The king rightly asked, “And can one piece of meat be both the best and the worst?” The wise steward replied, “Yes, it can be when it’s the tongue.” The Apostle James expressed it in an even more forceful manner — “Therewith bless we God . . . and therewith curse we men . . . Out of the same mouth proceedeth bless ing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” * * * "Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling even when you feel like stripping your gears." * SOMEONE HAS WELL WRITTEN, “ To dwell with saints above w ill be di- vinest glory; but to live with them here below, well, that’s another sto ry.” A woman was overheard to say, concerning a new acquaintance, “I’ve only known her one week, but we dislike each other just as if we had been friends for years!” Peter reminds Christians that the church today is to be marked with a fervent love among “yourselves.” Our world knows little of true love other than the sensuous, evil, and lustful passions of which most pop ular songs and movies speak. Let the Christian life exemplify the con straining love of Christ, so that when we do get to glory, there w ill be the assurance of heart that our lives have been lived to the fullest to His honor and praise. * * * "W hile there may be many on the salvation train, yet altogether too often they are found on the sleeper." * *
"John Wesley's words 'I am deter mined to run nobody down but the devil, and nobody up but Christ/ " * * * W A R A LW AY S BRINGS THE. UNH A P PINESS of young men being separated from their families. Sometimes ex ceptions come, however. During the Civil War a man in Pennsylvania was drafted but be cause of illness at home he was not able to go. He went to his local board and explained the situation. He was told that if he could secure someone to take his place, he could remain at home. A substitute did volunteer and went to the war in his stead. By misfortune the substitute was killed. Through an error, the man who had originally been excused was called up to service the second time. Again he went before the authori ties and declared, “But you cannot draft me, I am a dead man!” To their astonishment, he ex plained, “Look up the record. You’ll see that I enlisted, fought and died in the person of my substitute.” And he was right; he was excused from service. The law could no longer touch this man. Even so God’s divine law does not touch the believer who has had his sins borne on the Cross in the Person of God’s Son, our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is our sub stitute sacrifice and we have become “dead to the Laxv.” * * * " A man wrapped up in himself, makes a very small bundle." * "H e who has no vision of eternity will never get a true hold on time." * * * "N o man has a right to do as he pleases, unless he pleases to do right." * * * "The biggest cemetery is where unused talents of Christians are buried." * "Excuses are crutches upon which spiritually weak Christians lean." * * * *
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