Enduring Beauty

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  “Beauty is the quality which makes to endure. In a house that I know, I have noticed a block of spermaceti lying about closets and mantel-pieces, for twenty years together, simply because the tallow-man gave it the form of a rabbit; and, I suppose, it may continue to be lugged about unchanged for a century. Let an artist scrawl a few lines or figures on the back of a letter, and that scrap of paper is rescued from danger, is put in portfolio, is framed and glazed, and, in proportion to the beauty of the lines drawn, will be kept for centuries. Burns writes a copy of verses, and sends them to a newspaper, and the human race take charge of them that they shall not perish.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803–1882).   Essays and English Traits.

Ever see a Baptist dance?

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Whether you have or not (or would ever want to), does'nt matter. I just could not wait to pass this along—I am so incredibly excited! And in the midst of all the excitement, know that Satan has already been at work to attack . . . the details there I will gladly leave out. Satan needs no press-time.

I was preparing for our evangelism outing tonight and decided to swing by one of our departments here at the University to pick up more gospel tracts. As I was about to leave, one of the workers began asking questions about what we do in our evangelism team, where we go, who we talk with, etc. When the conversation touched the subject of Bibles for distribution, her eyes got large and she smiled and asked if we could really, seriously use Bibles in what we do. I replied to the affirmative.

She took me down the hall into another department and from a closet produced a box of 42 New Testaments (2 in Spanish!) and said I could take them. And if that was not enough, she told me that two private donors would “foot the bill” to purchase Bibles if someone could give them out . . .

Is that a cause to celebrate, or what?

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