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A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS
James 4:14, “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
CIVIL WAR soldiers found there were lots of days of delay...
MEMORIAL DAY WAS FIRST HELD…
History would have us believe that on May 5, 1868, Major General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic (an organization made up of Union Veterans) set aside May 30th as Decoration Day to commemorate fallen...
HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF
2 Corinthians 3:17, “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
While in an old bookstore in Springfield, MO we found a book entitled “Christian History of the Constitution” by...
LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF SUSANNA WESLEY
Proverbs 22:6 (KJV), “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Though Susanna Wesley lived 300 years ago, her memory lives on through the lives of her children...
The Story behind the Hymn “THERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD”
Zechariah 13:1 (KJV), “In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.”
"There is a Fountain...
THE ANGELS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR: 75 YEARS LATER
Hebrews 1:14 (KJV), “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”
Luke 4:10 (KJV), “For it is written, He shall give his angels charge...
STORY BEHIND THE HYMN: “AT CALVARY”
Luke 23:33-34 (KJV), “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34 Then said Jesus, Father,...
FOUR BAD REASONS TO AVOID READING OLD BOOKS
“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every...
THE STORY BEHIND THE HYMN – “Calvary Covers It All.”
1 John 1:7-9 (KJV), “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we...
WARNING FOR THE FUTURE
by a Confederate Veteran
Psalm 85:4-7 (KJV), “Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou...