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There is a little mischief in the village about Miss A or Mr. B, and Mrs. Tittle-tattle is up as early as possible, and calls on Mrs. Scandal, and says, “Have you heard the sad news? I hope it is not true.” “No, I have not heard it.” “Well, don’t mention it to anybody else. I hope it is not correct,…

The ostrich is reported to bury her head in the sand and then suppose herself safe, but she is captured all the more speedily. We may shut our eyes and say, “I do not have sin,” but in so doing, instead of securing eternal salvation, we shall as practically give ourselves up to the destroyer as the bird…

Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…

If any man dares to tell me that he lives for a single day without a sinful deed, I will dare to tell him that he never knew himself. Only look at your own room. If you disturb it, I see only a little dust floating about in it, but if a stray sunbeam shall enter through the window I see millions upon…

Suppose you go to a surgeon because you have some deadly cancer growing upon you. You want to have it removed, and you know there are a great many physicians who will profess to cure such things, but in reality only give temporary ease. You keep clear from all these. You are well aware that if only a…

I remember hearing of a pious minister who was asked to speak one day upon the subject of joy in God. He stood up and said, “I am sorry that I have been requested to speak upon this topic; for the fact is, I am not walking in the light, but I am crying, ‘Restore to me the joy of your salvation’ (Psa…

People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…

A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…

Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…

A Virginia sheriff’s department said a family who turned in two large mail bags filled with cash they found in the middle of the road deserved praise. The Schantz family said they were driving and ran over one of the bags. They thought it was full of trash and noticed another bag in a nearby ditch. They…

In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “Studies show that well over half the population will readily cheat the system to get more for themselves if they think they won’t be caught.” —No Rules Rules, 58 2 Corinthians 8:21 (CSB) Indeed, we…

24-year-old Connor Betts entered a bar and restaurant in Dayton Ohio and shot and killed 9 people wounding 27 others. Dayton police, responding to the shooting, killed Connor or the massacre would have been much worse. His online obituary, published by his parents made no mention of the massacre that…

When Long Island railroad conductor Jerry Savino was walking through one of the cars on his train, he noticed a large folder on the overhead rack of the train. Concerned that it might contain something dangerous, Savino opened the envelope and found a wad of 90 new $100 bills. He found paperwork with…

In the Paramount show Younger, a 40-year-old woman attempts to return to the book publishing industry after raising her daughter. Forced to find a job after learning she is getting a divorce, she is unable to find work after her absence from the industry for 15 years. Because of her young-looking face,…

Darrell Cox stopped for breakfast at a diner in his neighborhood for bacon and eggs. He paid for his meal, but did not realize he left something very important behind. After Cox left, Johnny, a worker at the restaurant found an envelope containing $3,000 in the bathroom. He gave it to the manager, who…

When Richard Taverna found a purse by a wall on a New York subway platform, he was surprised by what he found inside. At first glance, he saw some paper with Russian writing on it, but when he looked closer, he found a hundred $100 bills. When he took the purse to police the following morning, Taverna…

Fifty years after the advent of color television in England, TV licensing spokesperson Jason Hill says over seven thousand households have not switched to color transmissions. Hill said it is interesting that despite the advent of smartphones, tablets, and computers, thousands still choose to watch their…

At the Burger King drive through window in Rochester, N.H., Janelle Jones ordered a sandwich and drink. When she opened the bag there was no sandwich inside. Instead there was $2,631, mostly inside bank deposit bags. After talking with her husband Matthew, and thinking about it for a while, the pair…

Federal authorities announced they intercepted a shipment of 108 fake replica Super Bowl rings representing many past champion teams. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the rings were in an express consignment package that arrived from Hong Kong. Officers noticed “poor craftsmanship” and…

As the season for fireworks approached in 2015, the state of Ohio eliminated part of law that made many residents lie. The state’s governor signed a provision that eliminated a requirement that required anyone who purchased fireworks to sign a form promising to take the fireworks out of the state within…

Officials with Wells Fargo Bank said they were happy that a Pennsylvania woman did the right thing when an automatic teller machine gave her too much money. Kristina Edwards told a local newspaper that she went to the ATM to withdraw $60. When the machine produced $380, she tried to chase down the customer…

On January 11th 2014 Major League Baseball suspended Alex Rodriguez for the use of performance enhancement drugs (PED). Defiant, Rodriguez would not admit that he used steroids, and maintaining his innocence throughout the league’s investigation. It wasn’t until he was under oath in front of prosecutors…

Pamela Hedges and her husband Gibb owned a family business for many years until selling it two years ago. They admit they experienced the common problems any business owner faces, including employees stealing money. Recently they say the received a letter from a former employee who confessed that she…

When a California man who did not have much money of his own found a bag filled with cash, he knew he had to do the right thing and turn it in to police. Joe Cornell volunteers with the Fresno Salvation Army and was working downtown when he made the find. He saw an armored truck drive by and another…

What would you do if you found $52,000, and one knows you have it, but you know who lost it? When a couple in New York found a hunk of rusted metal in their shrubbery they assumed that it was an abandoned cable box. Taking it out and getting it open they discovered $52,000 in cash and Jewelry. It also…