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The soldiers that spat upon Him, and mocked Him, met not with a reproachful expression from Him. He held His peace at their clamors, offered His back to their scourges, reviled them not when He lay under the greatest violence of their rage, was patient under His sufferings, while He was despised more than any man by the people. His calmness was more stupendous than their rage, and the angels could not but more inexpressibly wonder at the patience of the sufferer, than the unmercifulness of the executioners; He was more willing to die, than they were to put Him to death; He suffered not by force, He courted the effusion of His blood, when He knew that the hour which His Father had appointed, and man needed, was approaching. Neither the infamy of the cross, nor the sharpness of the punishment, nor the present and foreseen ingratitude of his enemies, could deter Him from desiring and effecting man's salvation. He went to it, not only as a duty, but an honor; and was content for a while to be the sport of devils, that He might be the spring of salvation to men.

Stephen Charnock

The Queen Mary, lying in repose in the harbor at Long Beach, California, is a fascinating museum of the past. Used both as a luxury liner in peacetime and a troop transport during the Second World War, its present status as a museum the length of three football fields affords a stunning contrast between the lifestyles appropriate in peace and war. On one side of a partition you see the dining room reconstructed to depict the peacetime table setting that was appropriate to the wealthy patrons of high culture for whom a dazzling array of knives and forks and spoons held no mysteries. On the other side of the partition the evidences of wartime austerities are in sharp contrast. One metal tray with indentations replaces fifteen plates and saucers. Bunks, not just double but eight tiers high, explain why the peacetime complement of 3000 gave way to 15,000 people on board in wartime. How repugnant to the peacetime masters this transformation must have been! To do it took a national emergency, of course. The survival of a nation depended upon it. The essence of the Great Commission today is that the survival of many millions of people depends on its fulfillment.

Ralph Winter

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

A 3-day Marmalade

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Condiments, Jams	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

5		Sour oranges
1		Grapefruit
		Granulated sugar
1		St day:

INSTRUCTIONS

From: Arizona Cookbook  Cut sour oranges and grapefruit in half and
remove the seeds. Cut the  pulp and rind in slices. Measure. Add 3
times as much water as fruit.  Let the mixture stand.  2 nd day:  Boil
the mixture for 20 minutes at a hard boil. Set aside for the  next day.
3 rd day:  Measure the mixture and measure an equal amount of sugar.
Boil the  fruit for 20 minutes, and add sugar all at once. Stir. Boil
35 min.  or until a little jells on a cold saucer. Seal with paraffin
while  hot.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 36 Calories From Fat: <1 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: <1mg Potassium: 110.7mg Carbohydrates: 9.1g Fiber: 1.3g Sugar: 6g Protein: <1g