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Every time an Israelite thought of the bones of Joseph, he thought, “We are to go out of this country one day.” Perhaps he was a man prospering in business, laying up store in Egypt, but he would say to himself, “I shall have to part with this; Joseph’s bones are to be carried up; I am not to be here…

Two men are going along a road, and they have a dog behind them. I do not know to whom that dog belongs, but I’ll tell you directly. They are coming to a crossroads. One goes to the right, the other goes to the left. Now, which man does the dog follow? That is his master. Now, when Christ and the world…

If a mistress has a large number of maids, somebody might ask them, “What kind of mistress do you have?” They might all say, “Oh, she is a most delightful person,” and so on, because they were afraid to speak the truth. But if there should be a dozen of them, eventually one would be found in the street…

If you have been in a piano factory, did you go there for the sake of music? Go into the tuning room, and you will say, “This is a dreadful place to be in; I cannot bear it; I thought you made music here.” They say, “No, we do not produce music here. We make the instruments, and tune them here, and in…

The man who waits until he shall find it easier to bear the yoke of obedience is like the woodman who found his bundle of wood too heavy for his idle shoulder. Placing it upon the ground, he gathered more wood and added to the bundle, then tried it. But finding it still an unpleasant load, he repeated…

The stupendous falls of Niagara have been spoken of in every part of the world. But while they are marvelous to hear of, and wonderful as a spectacle, they have been very destructive to human life when by accident any have been carried down the cataract. Some years ago, two men, a bargeman and a collier,…

A minister was one day going to preach. His attention was arrested by a woman standing at her door, who, upon seeing him, came up to him with the greatest anxiety, and said, “Oh sir, have you any keys about you? I have broken the key of my drawers, and there are some things that I must get.” He said,…

The boy is not afraid of missing his way; he trusts implicitly his father’s guidance. His father’s arm will screen him from all danger, and therefore he does not so much as give it a thought. Why should he? If care is needed as to the road, it is his father’s business to see to it, and the child, therefore,…

I have heard of a church clergyman who was once waited upon by his churchwarden, after a long time of drought, and was requested to pray for rain. “Well,” said he “I will offer it, but it’s not a bit of use while the wind’s in the east, I’m sure.” There are many who have that kind of faith: they believe…

In the clear atmosphere of Menton, France, I have sometimes stood on quite a lofty mountain and seen a friend down in the valley. I have spoken his name, and at first it was greatly to my astonishment when he replied, “Where are you?” I held a conversation with him readily. I could not have actually…

I would compare faith to an emperor who summoned his counselors and judged whether he should go to war by their opinion, but he did it in the following manner: if they warned him that it would be a very fearful war, if they said that the enemy’s cities would never be taken, that the armies on the other…

The Israelites in Egypt had no doubt caught very much the spirit of the Egyptians, and the spirit of the Egyptians was the exact opposite of the spirit of a true-born Englishman. We rejoice that we are free. We are in the habit of discussing laws and criticizing statutes, and if there were an unjust…

Many Christians resemble the nautilus, which in fine smooth weather swims on the surface of the sea in a splendid little squadron, like the mighty ships. But the moment the first breath of wind ruffles the waves, they take in their sails and sink into the depths. Many Christians are the same. In good…

Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…

God sometimes gives His people fresh promises by faith just before a trial is about to come upon them. It was so with Elijah. God said to him, “Go to the Wadi Kerith; I have commanded the crows to sustain you there” (1 Kings 17:4). This was at the beginning of the famine. There he stayed, and God fulfilled…

We have sometimes heard of a brother who has become great and rich in the world. He has some poor brother or some distant relative, and when he sees him in the street he is obliged to speak to him and own him. I dare say he wished him a long way off, especially if some rich acquaintance happened to be…

All things here pass away. I cannot tell you the strange joy I felt after the earthquake at Menton, France. I had been to see many of the houses that had been shaken down, and the two churches that were greatly injured, and I was full of the earthquake. I had quite realized its terrors and its power,…

You say that he is “a rewarder of those who seek him”; do you despise the reward? Are you content with having made a profession of religion? Some professing Christians remind me of the reply of the child who was asked at the Sunday school about her father, who never went to any place of worship. “Is…

Suppose there is a fire in the upper room of a house and the people gather in the street. A child is in the upper story; how is he to escape? He cannot leap down—he would be dashed to pieces. A strong man comes beneath, and cries, “Drop into my arms.” It is a part of faith to know that the man is there;…

God the Architect Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Psalm 127:1a Recommend Reading Psalm 127 Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the twentieth century's most well-known architects, practiced "organic architecture" - designs that flow out of and reflect the context of their environment.…

Computer manufacturers know that there is a limit on how fast computers using standard processing chips can go because components can only get so small. Many researchers believe the future of faster computing may be in quantum computing, but exploring that option stretches our current understanding.…

Carrie DeKlyen, a 37-year-old Wyoming mom went to the doctor complaining of headaches. Doctors diagnosed Carrie with a dangerous malignant brain tumor. He told her of a clinical trial for a new treatment that she qualified for that might allow her to live another 10-15 years. The results of blood tests…

Twenty-five years ago, a jury convicted Howard Dudley of molesting his daughter and sentenced him to life in prison. Today he is a free man. After his daughter retracted her story, a judge overturned his conviction. Dudley credits his faith for sustaining him through a life of loss. He said, “There were…

For those who have faith in technology, a company in Singapore has made rides in a self-driving taxi available to the public. The trial area is limited to a 2.5 mile square in a business and residential district called “one north.” To get a ride, passengers have to use a special app and request the ‘robo-car’…

Cloaking devices or covers that make objects invisible are common in science fiction. In the real world, it’s not so easy to do, but scientists say they have tested a device that could make invisibility a reality. Researchers said they successfully tested thin invisibility cloak made of microscopic rectangular…