I was born in West Texas in a little town named Vernon. My earliest recollection of home is of a small frame house surrounded by flat fields that stretched out to the horizon in all directions. I remember standing in the road that ran past our place and turning completely around ; the horizon was perfectly […]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Great Divide
Nov 15
Suppose I said to you; “Friend, neighbor, countryman; There is a great wrong in the world. Because of this great wrong hundreds of millions of people find themselves trapped in a hopeless struggle just to keep their heads above water. They toil from sunrise to sunset only to see their effort come to nought; what […]
“The Load of Their Loveless Pity”
Nov 2
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will He pay him again Proverbs 19:17 “And the load of their loveless pity is worse than the ancient wrong” G.K. Chesterton —————————————————————- The word “poor” occurs one hundred and ninety-nine times in the King James […]
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