11 items:
August 27, 2004 | ||
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew L. Byers, 1921 | Biography | |
My mother had been reading The Trumpet and had formed the opinion of Brother Warner that he was a great and wonderful man. So when she met him she exclaimed, "And is this Brother Warner!" His reply was, "Yes, and he is the least man you ever saw." |
December 1, 2010 | ||
Greasy the Robber | Anonymous/Unknown, 1940 | Biography | |
Greasy shut the book and lay it under his pillow. Rolling himself in his covers, he tried to sleep, but sleep would not come.... Over and over again rose the picture of how the two travelers on their knees had pled to be spared. |
October 23, 2004 | ||
Hero of Hill House | Mabel Hale, 1922 | Biography | |
Austin's brow clouded as he heard Doyle's wish.... It did not seem fair, after the sacrifice he had made all these years... that the boy should care more for his father and this unknown mother than he did for his home and the one who had made it possible. |
December 1, 2006 | ||
Highways and Hedges | Grace G. Henry, 1958 | Biography | |
There appeared... letters in blazing light, as plain as the handwriting on the wall in the house of Nebuchadnezzar. They appeared just above the group of little faces. The message slowly spelled out, "India's helpless little ones are calling you." |
September 1, 2008 | ||
How I Found the Church of God | Mark P. Spinks, 2008 | Biography | |
I prayed earnestly that God would direct me where I should live and labor next. I was plainly directed to a certain congregation, and it was in that place that I first plainly and clearly saw the church of God functioning as it should. |
May 25, 2004 | ||
How John Became a Man | Isabel C. Byrum, 1909 | Biography | |
He had not meant to be wicked, but he suddenly realized that his life had been wasted; and he concluded that he was not ready to meet Christ. But John believed that Christ would come to the earth, and he felt that he would give anything to be ready to meet Him. |
December 27, 2003 | ||
Just Mary | Effie M. Williams | Biography | |
When the train pulled out from the station, taking Elsie and little Mary back to their own home, he laid his head on his mother's shoulder and sobbed as only a twelve-year-old boy can sob. Peachy had found a place in his heart which no one else could fill. |
February 1, 2018 | ||
“Look unto Me, and Be Saved” | Charles H. Spurgeon, 1897 | Biography | |
I sometimes think I might have been in darkness and despair until now had it not been for the goodness of God in sending a snowstorm, one Sunday morning, while I was going to a certain place of worship. When I could go no further, I turned down a side street.... |
May 1, 2011 | ||
The One I Love the Most | Gladys Cashio | Biography | |
I wrote three letters to J. D. trying to persuade him to come to me. I received no reply.... Later, I received papers to sign giving him a divorce.... I didn't mind so much by then because I had met Sam, a very nice young man. I fell in love with him. |
March 15, 2003 | ||
The Poorhouse Waif | Isabel C. Byrum, 1919 | Biography | |
He knew only that he existed, and that from day to day there were many things happening about him... a great many of which were distasteful to him. But all that took place he quietly endured, thinking that it was the best that there was in life for him. |
June 28, 2004 | ||
The Redemption of Howard Gray | Charles W. Naylor, 1925 | Biography | |
"Your feelings sometimes depend upon something else to which you have given little attention. Did you ever read in the Bible... 'The just shall stand by their feelings?'... No, you never read anything like that. The Bible says, 'The just shall live by faith.' " |