In books for spiritual edification, much depends upon the manner in which they are read. If taken up carelessly and read in a light mood, they are likely to do little good. The attention will not be fixed, nor the heart engaged, nor the conscience awakened. You must be somewhere alone with God – where you can have leisure and opportunity to commune with your own heart and with Him – where you can pause, reflect, and pray, unobserved by a single fellow-creature – where you can stop, examine, meditate, and it may be, weep. Before you read another chapter, put down the volume, fall upon your knees and agonize in prayer, that the perusal may be blessed to your soul. Take the book with you into your closet. Read it in your most serious hours, in your greatest privacy, and in the most solemn manner.
John Angell James

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#1 · May 8, 2000, 10:14 am

Posted by: mpeveto <mpeveto@...>

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Pepin" <james.pepin@wcom.com>
To: "Promise-keeping_men" <Promise-Keeping_men@welovegod.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: [Promise-Keeping_Men] Happy Monday!!

> A few one liners to help kick off the week.
>
> YBIC
> James >
> "He that dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of
> the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my
> God, in whom I trust." Psalm 91:1-2
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid
bowlers.
> However, all the league records were destroyed in a fire in the early
> 1800's. Thus, we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.
>
> A man rushed into the doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm
> shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded, "Settle down. You'll just have to
> be a little patient."
>
> An anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the
> assistance of a tribal native who indicated that the leaves of a
particular
> fern serves as a cure for constipation. When the anthropologist expressed
> his doubts, the native looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you,
> with fronds like these, who needs enemas?"
>
>

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