Old-fashioned Butterscotch Cookies

Is there a voice in weeping? Does weeping speak? In what language doth it utter its meaning? Why, in that universal tongue which is known and understood in all the earth, and even in heaven above. When a man weeps, whether he be a Jew or Gentile, Barbarian, Scythian, bond or free, it has the same meaning in it. Weeping is the eloquence of sorrow. It is an unstammering orator, needing no interpreter, but understood of all. Is it not sweet to believe that our tears are understood even when words fail? Let us learn to think of tears as liquid prayers, and of weeping as a constant dropping of importunate intercession which will wear its way right surely into the very heart of mercy, despite the stony difficulties which obstruct the way. My God, I will 'weep' when I cannot plead, for thou hearest the voice of my weeping.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Christmas, Cookies	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter, melted
1		Egg
3/4	c	Brown sugar
1	T	Milk
1/2	t	Vanilla or almond extract
1 1/4	c	Flour
1/4	t	Salt
1/4	t	Baking powder

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt butter and add brown sugar; dissolve well. Add egg and vanilla.
Beat well. Add milk, flour, salt,and baking powder. Mix and drop by
teaspoons-full onto a greased cookie sheet one inch apart. Bake 8
minutes or until light brown at 375F.  Cyberealm Cookbook, Vol 1, 4/93,
Cyberealm BBS, compiled by Linda  Fields.  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmcyber1.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 70 Calories From Fat: 29 Total Fat: 3.3g Cholesterol: 14.4mg Sodium: 28.1mg Potassium: 16.8mg Carbohydrates: 9.4g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 5.4g Protein: <1g

In each case (in Matthew) there is no mere parallel being drawn: there is eschatological transcendence. That, Jesus, for example, is not merely another great Solomon: He is “greater than Solomon” (12:42). Likewise, He is “greater than the temple” (12:6), “greater than Jonah” (12:41). In the mist of all this, the clear implication is that He is also David’s greater son (12:3-4); in fact, this is precisely Jesus’ point in 22:45. Further, He is “Lord even of the Sabbath” (12:8). Similarly, Jesus is not merely a son of Abraham, privileged as that is. He is the son of Abraham par excellence, the one in whom the patriarchal promises reach their goal (1:1). He is not simply a representative of Israel – He is the true Israel (2:15, 16-18). His name is “Joshua,” but He is greater than His forebear and brings a greater deliverance: “for He shall save His people from their sins” (1:21). Moreover, it would have been very wrong to erect booths for Moses, Elijah, and Jesus: these two other men, great as they were, deserve no equal place with Jesus. “Hear Him” was the word from Heaven (17:5). He is greater than Elijah and greater than Moses – greater than the prophets and even the law itself.

Fred Zaspel