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  • There Are A Thousand Nameless Ties, Which Only ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "There are a thousand nameless ties, Which only such as feel them know; Of kindred thoughts, deep sympathies, And untold fancy spells, which throw O'er ardent minds and faithful hearts A chain whose charmd links so blend, ...read more

  • The Song Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE SONG OF JESUS One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,101 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
     | 1,215 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • Real Comfort

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 20, 2009
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    REAL COMFORT Queen Victoria heard that the wife of a labourer had lost her baby. Having suffered deep sorrow herself, she wanted to express her sympathy. She called on the bereaved mother and spent time with her. Later neighbours asked what the queen said. "Nothing," ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,268 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • What God Has ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    What God Has Promised God hath not promised Skies always blue Flower-strewn pathways All our lives through. God hath not promised Sun without rain Joy without sorrow Peace without pain. But God hath promise Strength for the day Rest for the labor Light for the way; ...read more

  • Susie The Savior  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 30, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,251 views

    SUSIE THE SAVIOR The story is told of a certain 9-year-old who is sitting at his desk in school when all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet, and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop, because he knows when the boys find out, he'll never hear the end of ...read more

  • Using Campaign Catch-Phrases Is An Exercise ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 11, 2009
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    "Using campaign catch-phrases is an exercise older than “I Like Ike” or “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”. I’m not a student of political history and I don’t know when this sort of sympathy-generating tactic was first used to help the voter identify with the candidate. For all I know, buried out there ...read more

  • A Bank In Binghamton, New York, Had Some Flowers ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 154 ratings
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    A bank in Binghamton, New York, had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, who was greatly embarrassed, apologized. But he was even ...read more

  • A Bank In Binghampton, New York Had Some Flowers ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 4, 2003
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    A bank in Binghampton, New York had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flowers shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, “With our deepest sympathy.” The florist, who was greatly embarrassed apologized. He was even ...read more

  • God Sends Children For Another Purpose Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race--to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections; to give our souls higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion; and to bring round our firesides ...read more

  • The Best Definition Of A Friend

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 21, 2011
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    THE BEST DEFINITION OF A FRIEND A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following: "One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable." "One who understands our silence." "A volume ...read more

  • I Think Hell Is A Place Of Selfishness And Lack ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
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    I think hell is a place of selfishness and lack of sympathy. I heard of a group that agreed to go through a psychological test of receiving only minimal food for two weeks. Some were eager to participate in order to lose some weight. The first day they were encouraging and congratulating one ...read more

  • A British Publication Once Offered A Prize For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 15, 2004
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    A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following: "One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable." "One who understands our silence." "A volume of sympathy bound in cloth." "A watch ...read more

  • Once During Queen Victoria's Reign, She Heard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    Once during Queen Victoria’s reign, she heard that the wife of a common laborer had lost her baby. Having experienced deep sorrow herself, she felt moved to express her sympathy. So she called on the bereaved woman one day and spent some time with her. After she left, the neighbors asked what the ...read more

  • We Learn To Walk During The Good Times And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    We learn to walk during the good times and the bad times: One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and ...read more

  • In His Book The Counselor, A.w. Tozer Said, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Stokes on Apr 22, 2001
    based on 147 ratings
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    In his book The Counselor, A.W. Tozer said, "Spell this out in capital letters: THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. He is not enthusiasm. He is not courage. He is not energy. He is not the personification of all good qualities, like Jack Frost is the personification of cold weather. Actually, the Holy ...read more

  • Flower ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    FLOWER MIX-UP A bank in Binghamton, New York, sent some flowers to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, very embarrassed, apologized. But it was worse, ...read more

  • Two Tombstones

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2010
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    TWO TOMBSTONES A tombstone in a small English village reads, "Here lies a miser who lived for himself, And cared for nothing but gathering wealth. Now where he is or how he fares, Nobody knows and nobody cares." In contrast, a plain tombstone in the courtyard at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London ...read more