Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
mourning. Surprised, I asked her who had died. "Do you not
know?" she replied; "God in heaven is dead." "How can you
talk such nonsense, Katie?" I said; "how can God die? Why,
he is immortal, and will live through all eternity." "Is that
really true?" she asked. "Of course," I said, still not perceiving
what she was aiming at; "how can you doubt it? As surely as
there is a God in heaven, so sure is it that He can never die."
"And yet," she said, "though you do not doubt that, yet you are
so hopeless and discouraged." Then I observed what a wise
woman my wife was, and mastered my sadness. Luther's "Table
Talk."
439. Tennyson sings of "the mighty hopes which make us
men." Have you ever thought of the worst loss which can come
to a man? Loss of property? That is a sad loss, but not the
worst. Loss of friends? That is a sad loss, but not the worst.
Loss of opportunity? Nor is that the worst of losses. Loss of
hope, when the heart dies, and the courage fails, and the hands
hang listlessly, and a man begins only to drudge—this, the loss
of hope, is the blackest loss.
"I've just got back from Washington, where I've been since
the election, trying to get an appointment," said a politician.
"Gave up hope, eh?" said a sympathising friend. "Oh, no," was
the quick reply. "I came home to hope. It's cheaper to hope
here." I like that : hope anyway. Get, if you must, the cheapest
place to hope, but hope. Hoyt.
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440. "Alexander, hearing of the riches of the Indies, and
intending to win them for himself, divided his kingdom of
Macedon among his captains and soldiers. When asked what
he had left for himself, he answered, 'Hope.' The Christian,
who is to own the wealth of heaven, may regard as of little
value the riches of earth."
441. " 'Look up !' thundered the captain of a vessel, as his boy
grew giddy while gazing from the topmast. 'Look up !' The
boy looked up, and returned in safety. Young man, look up,
and you will succeed. Never look down and despair. Leave
dangers uncared for, and push on. If you falter, you lose. Do
right, and trust in God."
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