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A LESSON IN THE SNOW
A generation ago a boy of ten was at his grandfather's farm in New Hampshire in late November. Snow covered the countryside. In the woodshed the boy had a piece of hickory in a vise and was starting to make a bow. An unfinished sled frame, and a half-whittled hull of a toy sailboat lay close by. Grandfather came in and saw the work that had been started but left uncompleted. When questioned about it the boy said, "Oh, yes, I'll finish those things later."
After the noon meal, as they were walking over the farm, Grandfather challenged the boy to a game. "Let us see which of us can walk the straightest line to that big pine across the meadow." Eagerly the boy started when his elder said, "Go." They were fifty feet apart but making for the same big pine. The youngster put one foot carefully in front of the other as he a little hurriedly made for the goal. Grandfather did not hurry, but to the boy's surprise reached the tree before he did.
Then, looking back, the boy exclaimed with surprise, "How did you walk so straight, Grandpa?"
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September 20, 1947 issue
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UTILIZING TRUTH'S WEAPONS
EDNA TURRENTINE MACKIE
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HIDING IN THY PRESENCE
Jennie Baird Schooley
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"AND THE WHOLE EARTH WAS OF ONE LANGUAGE"
ISRAEL PICKENS
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LET US NOT FEAR ADVANCING YEARS
MYRTLE B. MC COSKER
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WHEN
Bianca S. Simon
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MAKING CHANNELS FOR DAILY SUPPLY
PAUL R. CARMACK
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STILL VOICE
Myrtle Daugherty
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FAITH BASED ON UNDERSTANDING
GLADYS E. MARTIN
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BRINGING ALL THINGS TO REMEMBRANCE
ANNA M. BROWN
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THE TEXTBOOK
FREDERICK JACK GUNSTON
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KEEP THE VISION!
L. Ivimy Gwalter
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A LESSON IN THE SNOW
Paul Stark Seeley
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In February, 1942, it became my...
W. Arthur Jackson
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For the many blessings and...
Amy G. Simms
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I am humbly grateful to God for...
Pearl Blekre
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Outstanding in my years of...
Constance A. Hunt
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I should like to tell of a healing...
Catharina B. Everwijn
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During a period of about twenty...
Henry Fink
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FRUITS OF UNDERSTANDING
D. Muriel Savary
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from E. L. H., William E. Gilroy, Collwyn Hargreaves, Bruce Currier, Lewis Emerson Maples, Joseph Wittkofski