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Subject: Whenever I feel a bit run down I think of this
epitaph....
Epitaph in Lydford Churchyard
Here lies in a horizontal position the outside case of
George Routledge, Watchmaker
Integrity was the mainspring and prudence
the regulator of all the actions of his life;
humane, generous, and liberal.
His hand never stopped till he had relieved
distress.
So nicely regulated were his movements that
he never went wrong, except when set going
by people who did not know his key.
Even then he was easily set right again.
He had the art of disposing of his time so well,
till his hours glided away, and his pulse
stopped beating.
He ran down November 14, 1801, aged 57,
In hopes of being taken in hand by his Maker,
Thoroughly cleaned, repaired, wound up, and
set going in the world to come,
when time shall be no more.
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EPITAPH IN LYDFORD
CHURCHYARD"
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TO PARENTS: Every child is a living message, we send to a future
we will never know.
TO STUDENTS: A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a
man should have to seek HIM first to find her...
Taste My Jesus
At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have
what is called 'Baptist Day.' On this day each one is to bring a
lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every 'Baptist
Day' the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture
in the theological education center.
One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr.Tillich spoke for two
and one-half hours proving that the resurrection of Jesus was
false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He
concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical
resurrection the religious tradition of the church was groundless,
emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with
a risen Jesus, who, in fact never rose from the dead in any literal
sense. He then asked if there were any questions.
After about 30 seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head
of short-cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the
auditorium. 'Docta Tillich, I got one question,' he said as all
eyes turned toward him.
He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began
eating it. 'Docta Tillich. CRUNCH, MUNCH 'My question is a simple
question,... CRUNCH, MUNCH.. 'Now, I ain't never read them books
you read..CRUNCH, MUNCH..' and I can't recite the Scriptures in the
original Greek...CRUNCH, MUNCH ...' I don't know nothin' about
Niebuhr and Heidegger...CRUNCH,20MUNCH..
He finished the apple. 'All I wanna know is: This apple I just
ate, . . . . . . was it bitter or sweet?
Dr Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly
fashion: 'I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't
tasted your apple.'
The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his
crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly,
'Neither have you tasted my Jesus.'
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The
auditorium erupted with applause and cheers.
Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the
platform.
Have you tasted
Jesus?
Please pass this on Saints! Jesus has risen... and He's coming
back one day...
'Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes
refuge in Him. If you have, rejoice in the hope of the resurrection
that your faith in Him brings.' Psalm 34:8!
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Taste My
Jesus"
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