There
is no better example of the vanity and disaster which attend vainglory than the Bible story of Nebuchadnezzar as related in the fourth chapter of Daniel.
Before
the glad celebration of Easter by the Christian churches, many denominations include in their rituals observances of periods of fasting, especially during that which is called "Holy Week.
At
an hour of individual or national distress, what comfort and strength may be found in Isaiah's inspirational song as recorded in the fifty-first chapter of his book! Certainly the healing balm of the Christ, Truth, is evidenced throughout this poetic yet dynamic message of the prophet.
Some
of you know of the bear in a city zoo who, though enclosed in an area where he had ample room to move about with considerable freedom, did not do so.
