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Vol 9 Goldmines quotes and bulletin inserts
Vol 9
#1
Mar
2009
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Never
comes mortal utterance so near to eternity as when a child utters words
of loving praise to a mother. Every syllable drops into the jewel box
of her memory to be treasured forever and ever (George B. Lyon).
If you don't
laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old.
What you do
not understand, treat with reverence and be patient, and what you do
understand, cherish and keep (Augustine of Hippo).
- via THE
SOWER, a
weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be contacted through
their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
You are
younger right now than you will be ever be.
You can keep
folks from having a bad opinion of you, but you can keep them from
being right about it.
There’s
trouble in the home when mother is a soft voice and father is a soft
touch.
We teach more
by what we are than by what we say and do.
The cooing may
stop when the honeymoon is over, but the billing will probably go on
forever.
- via The
Encourager,
the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ, Dongola,
IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as minister. He
may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
The sanctity
of marriage and the family relation make the corner-stone of our
American society and civilization (James A. Garfield)
Vows made in
storms are forgotten in calms.
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Vol 9
#2
Apr
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Babe Ruth struck out 1,330
times. So keep on swinging.
Some Observations
The trouble with those who stand up for their
rights is that they usually sit down when it comes to responsibility.
Attempting to shirk responsibilities is like
trying to run away from your shadow. It goes wherever you go.
The rights of others are seldom considered by
those who demand their rights.
Everyone is responsible for what they say and
do. No exceptions!
If someone says he can do at 60 everything he did at 20, he probably
wasn’t doing much at 20.
Nobody has enough money or other resources to buy back his past.
Your reputation is what people think you are. Your character is what
you and God know you are.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
"If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life
broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you,
you have not found your place." -- Orison Swett Marden
"Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas
I am merely in disguise." -- Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, 1988
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival." -- W. Edwards
Deming
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath away.
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“A man’s character is like a fence—it cannot
be strengthened by whitewash.”
“The greatest glory of a freeborn people is to transmit that freedom to
their children” (William Havard; from Trib-Bits, Decatur, IL Herald).
About the time we learn to make the most of life, the greater part of
it is gone.
Cold feet may be a sign your soul is wearing out.
Many things that are learned by experience should not have been learned
at all.
Sometimes a man holds opinions and sometimes they hold the man.
The most sought after labor saving device for a woman is a man with
money.
There is a difference between the books that men make and the Book from
God that makes men. The Bible is often rejected by the world which is
put off by people who supposedly are produced and directed by it. How
could anyone be expected to accept and respect a Bible which Christians
neglect and a God they represent so poorly?
As a plant upon the earth, so man rests upon the bosom of God. He is
nourished by unfailing fountains and he draws, at his need,
inexhaustible power” (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Modesty is the first line of defense for sexual purity (1 Timothy
2:9-10)
- A Long, Hot
Summer, Neil W. Anderson, editor, Gospel
Advocate, September 2007, p. 3.
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#4
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SOME VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT
“I contend that for a nation to try to tax
itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to
lift himself up by the handle.” (Winston Churchill)
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can
always depend on the support of Paul.” (George Bernard Shaw)
“Government is the great fiction through which
everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”
(Frederic Bastiat, French Economist, 1801-1850)
“Giving money and power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” (P.J. O’Rourke)
“Talk is cheap—except when Congress does
it.” (Unknown)
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the
government and report the facts.” (Will Rogers) -Submitted by Don
Henwood
"Do not let anyone claim the tribute of American patriotism if they
ever attempt to remove religion from politics." (George Washington from
his Farewell Address to the nation.)
Don’t give God instructions—just report for duty!
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
The will of God never takes you to where the Grace of God will not
protect you.
OBSERVATIONS—
“Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns the press.”
“Someone has said that freedom is like a handful of sand. The
second you relax any of your fingers, it starts slipping away from you."
IN THE BALANCE:
“It is freedom itself that still hangs in the balance, and freedom is
never more than one generation from extinction.” (Ronald Reagan)
THINK ABOUT IT—
“It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are
closely united.” (Goethe)
“Taxation has become an instrument for the transfer of
power, freedoms and treasure from the people to the government.”
Abraham Lincoln once said: “It is your business to rise up and preserve
the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me…. I appeal to you
again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with
politicians and office-seekers, but with you is the question, ‘Shall
the Union and the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest
generation?’” - Trib-Bits, Decatur Tribune
POLITICIAN: A person who stays in office, not by solving problems, but
by subsidizing them.
A NOTABLE QUOTE: "It is an infallible reminder that our greatest hope
and faith rests upon two mighty symbols-the cross and the flag; the one
based upon those immutable teachings which provide the spiritual
strength to persevere along the course which is just and right-the
other based upon the invincible will that human freedom shall not
perish from the earth." --Gen. Douglas Macarthur
“The riches that are in the heart cannot be stole” (Russian Proverb)
“The principal objective of American government at every level should
be to see that children are born into intact families and that they
remain so.” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
- via The
Family Friend, a monthly newsletter published by the Calvert
City church of Christ, Calvert City, KY. It is an excellent
resource for articles relating to the family. To learn more
consult the congregation's website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any
respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they
claim to be absolutely equal. (Aristotle, 384 -322 BC)
Diplomacy is the art of making your guests feel at home when you wish
they were.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Calvert City church
of Christ, Calvert City, KY. Lance Cordle preaches for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above
principles. (George Jean Nathan; 1882 - 1958)
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got
it made. (Jean Giraudoux)
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For a small reward, a man will hurry away on
a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single
step.
Our Lord has written the promise of the Resurrection, not in books
alone, but in every leaf in springtime (Martin Luther).
Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts
through everywhere (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
There is something definitely healing in the repeated refrains of
nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the
winter (Rachel Carson).
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous
(Aristotle).
- Decatur (IL)
Tribune; via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of
Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor,
may be contacted at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You may also visit their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Sin pays! What it pays is death.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Aspire to inspire before you expire.
Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death (William Gurnall, The
Christian In Complete Armour; 1665).
We all want to go to heaven, but nobody wants to do what it takes to
get there (Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes).
God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and
thankful heart (Izaak Walton).
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#6
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THINK ABOUT IT—
“All who have meditated on the art of
governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends
on the education of youth.” (Aristotle)
“The man who is not permitted to own—is owned.”
“Liberty not only means that the individual
has both the opportunity and the burden of choice: it also means that
he must bear the consequences of his actions. Liberty and
responsibility are inseparable.” (Friedrich Mayek, Nobel
Prize Winning
Economist)
--Trib-Bits, Decatur Tribune, 12-10-‘08
ABRAHAM LINCOLN said: “You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the
strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the
wage earner by tearing down the wage payer. You cannot keep out
of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot help men
permanently by doing for them what they could and should do
themselves.”
--Trib-Bits, Decatur Tribune, 11-19-‘08
- via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You may also visit their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
The Bible stored on the shelf needs to be stored in the mind if you
expect it to do you any good (Psalm 119:11).
The Bible survives the ignorance of its friends and the hatred of its
enemies.
The distance from earth to heaven is not so much a matter of altitude
as it is of attitude.
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
“It isn’t the things that go in one ear and out the other that hurt as
much as the things that go in one ear; get all mixed up and then slip
out of the mouth.”
—Bulletin Digest
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Calvert City church
of Christ, Calvert City, KY. Lance Cordle preaches for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
"The word which God has written on the brow of every man is Hope"
(Victor Hugo)
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A good sermon
should be preached over and over. Bad sermons should not be preached at
all.
Church membership does not make one a Christian any more than owning a
piano makes one a musician.
The fellow who says he is as good as many church members should be
required to specify which members.
Some consider it a good sermon if it was directed at somebody else.
A sermon need not be a mile long if it is only a few inches deep.
People these days are so keyed-up and stressed out that it is almost
impossible to put them to sleep with an ordinary sermon.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Christian One-Liners-
"Don't let your worries get the best of you.
Remember, Moses started outas a basket case."
The problem is not the church in the world...
...it is the world in the church!
Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, to work at
their play, and to play at their worship.
- via The
Lantern, the weekly bulletin of the Highway church of Christ, Sullivan
IL. Visit their website as http://www.highwaycofc.com
"I don't know why some people change churches. What difference
does it make which one you stay home from?" - From the Internet
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A loafer is a person who tries to make both
weekends meet.
Continuing to treat a penitent sinner like a sinner is the surest way
to drive him back to his sins.
Following the path of least resistance makes both rivers and men
crooked.
Sin is sin. It is not changed by the passing of time, the number of
participants, or the degree of social acceptance. Sin, unrepented and
unforgiven ends in death of the soul.
Wild oats is a crop that needs no fertilizer to produce thirty-fold,
sixty-fold, or a hundred-fold.
Two things are bad for the heart: running up stairs and running down
people. (Bernard Baruch)
Supervising the improper activities of people does not make them right.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
"A TART TEMPER never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only
edged tool that grows keener with constant use." (Washington
Irving)
Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people
who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. (G. K. Chesterton)
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
NOTABLE NOTES—
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic
value—zero.” (Voltaire)
“A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his
own ears.” (Thacherry)
“If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his
troubles.” (Franklin)
“No man’s head aches while he comforts another.” (Italian
proverb)
"Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up."
- via e-mail
from Charles Bragg
Worry is life a rocking chair; it will give you something to do but it
won't get you anywhere.
- via The Shady
Acres Servant, the weekly bulleitn of the Shady Acres church of Christ,
in Sikeston, MO. Visit the church's website at http://www.shadyacreschurch.com
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the
business known as gambling. (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)
Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune. (Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia,
1732)
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Blessed
is the person who makes you homesick for heaven.
Satan doesn’t care what we worship as long as it isn’t God.
- via
The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT—
“Only when you are silent can you learn
something new.”
“A friend is someone who is coming in when
everyone else is going out..”
“Jumping to conclusions doesn’t take as much
exercise as digging for facts
“Fools rush in where fools have often been
before.” .”
- Submitted by Bill Williams
Italian Proverb: “The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.”
“The test of character is not whether you conform to moral standards
when they are the community norm, but whether you continue to adhere to
them when the community strays elsewhere.”
“So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart.”
- Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving
"You say, 'If I had a little more, I
should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content
with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled."
(Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
"Without Thy sunshine and Thy rain
We could not have the golden grain;
Without Thy love we'd not be fed;
We thank Thee for our daily bread.
- Anonymous
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." (John
Fitzgerald Kennedy)
"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is
good..." (Psalm 100:4, 5a)
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The
Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year
has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and
possibilities
of the coming twelve months!
— Edward Powell
"Prayer is today as powerful a force in our nation as it has ever been.
We as a nation should never forget this source of strength."
— President Ronald Reagan, 1981
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A Bible neglected by Christians will probably be rejected by the world.
Fingerprints on the Bible are more important than footprints on the
moon.
No one can grow by letting others make his choices and decisions.
Once you ease your conscience by calling something a necessary evil it
soon beings to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.
When it comes to doing for others, some folks stop at nothing.
You begin to cut your wisdom teeth the first time you bite off more than
you can chew.
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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No one can have Christ as the Savior of his soul, who will not let Him
be the Master of his life. - Bulletin Digest
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Calvert City church
of Christ, Calvert City, KY. Lance Cordle preaches for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
(Francis Bacon)
"What one does, one becomes." (Spanish proverb)
via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You may also visit their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
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"A fat kitchen, a
lean will." [Benjamin Franklin]
"Blame is safer than
praise." [R. Waldo Emerson]
- via The Lantern, Highway church of Christ, Sullivan, IL Visit
their website as http://www.highwaycofc.com
"Birthdays are good
for you; the more you have, the longer you live. "
"Criticism is the
disapproval of people, not for having faults, but for having faults
different from ours."
"A man of words and
not of deeds
Is like a garden full
of weeds."
"The average man's
life consists of 20 years of having his mother ask him where he's
going, 40 years of having his wife ask the same question, and, at the
end mourners also wondering where he's going."
- via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted through their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
"Is it better to be
old and bent or young and broke? It's a toss up."
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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Feb
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Worry doesn’t eliminate tomorrow from its
griefs, but it does empty today of its joys!!
- via The
Central Message, the weekly bulletin of the Central church of Christ in
Paducah KY. Jim Faughn serves as an elder and preacher for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the church’s website: http://www.centralchurchofchrist.org
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In
this life we get nothing save by effort. [T. Roosevelt]
No home can rise above the people in it.
Back when a woodshed stood behind the American house many cases of
juvenile delinquency were settled out of court.
It is harder to hide feelings we have than pretend to have feelings we
lack.
One who thinks he can get along without others is mistaken. One who
thinks others can get along without him is even more mistaken.
Patience is the willingness to become what you can be, and not a
readiness to accept what you are.
Patience is when you can listen while a fellow tells you about the same
operation you had.
The trouble with patience is, the more you have, the more people expect
you to use it with them.
To be sure the bank of friendship does not fail you must make frequent
deposits.
What you do not start you will not have to stop.
If you don’t strike the match you won’t have to put out the fire. If
you don’t commit the sin you won’t have to suffer the consequences.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple... but only God can count the
apples in a seed. [Author Unknown]
- Via Family
Matters, the weekly bulletin of the Jackson church of Christ in
Jackson, MO. Edd Sterchi preaches for the congregation. He may be
contacted athrough the congregation's website:
http://www.jacksonchurchofchrist.com
“At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder
if you’re a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.” [Andrew
Carnegie]
“It is very difficult for an individual who knows the Scripture ever to
get away from it. It haunts him like an old song. It
follows him like the memory of his ;mother. It remains with him
like the word of a reverenced teacher. It forms a part of the
warp and woof of his life.” [Woodrow Wilson]
“It seems that every family tree has some sap in it.”
Laughter: The shortest distance between two people..
- via THE
SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ, Arthur, IL.
Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be contacted
through their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Home is the place where we are treated best and grumble most.
- Submitted by
Larry Miles, author of "Larry's Lines" at http://larryslines.com
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