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If a man should fire a house to destroy the mice in it, we should think him to be fairly mad. Yet those who consider themselves...
There was but one crack in the lantern, and the wind has found it out and blown out the candle. How great a mischief one unguarded...
Alexander, when his army grew sluggish because laden with the spoils of their enemies, to free them from this incumbrance, commanded all his own baggage to...
When a gentleman was inspecting a house in Newcastle, with a view to buying it as a residence, the landlord took him to the upper window,...
Do not be over-anxious about riches. Get as much of true wisdom and goodness as you can; but be satisfied with a very moderate portion of...
Occasionally a benevolent action wrought in faith brings with it an instantaneous recompense in kind; therein Providence is seen as smiling upon the deed. The late...
The doctrine of the resurrection is full of joy to the bereaved. It clothes the grave with flowers and wreathes the tomb with unfading laurel. The...
The ungodly “are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” Where—where—where? Where are they driven? The man is in health, the sun shines, the sky...
Do any of you remember the loss of the vessel called the “Central America?” She was in a bad state, had sprung a leak and was...
Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly;...