Psa 119.11
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.”
“You will pray in this life
or you will pray in Hell.”
– J Wesley Adcock, sermon “If I Make My Bed in Hell”
You’re going to be marooned on an island & can only have one book. How long will it take you to make up your mind what it’ll be? The thinking sinner might need a minute or two. A Christian knows immediately.
– eab, 2/20/19
“No, my sinner friend, there is no such things as company in Hell.
The other fellow is too busy with his own suffering to comfort you.”
– J Wesley Adcock, sermon “If I Make My Bed in Hell”
BROTHER WEBB
Sometime last month you had a birthday;
The exact date, I’m sorry, I forgot.
You turned eighty-five, 85, I say.
Eighty-five years Brother, is a lot.
Four score and five is almost enough
To be antique. (Don’t be offended,
Antiques, you know, I love in the rough,
So stick with me till I’m ended.)
You’ve lived to see the horse-less carriage,
Turn from touring car to streamline.
And conversely the steam, steel-horse rage,
Once strong, you’ve seen fully decline.
The airplane you saw at its outset,[1]
Not dreaming that soon, oh so soon,
The bi-plane would give way to the jet,
And you’d live to see “men on the moon.”
As I’d mention a “great,” you’d known him:
Rees,[2] Fleming,[3] Culp,[4] Uncle Bud,[5] and Ruth,[6]
Anderson,[7] Stalker,[8] and Wireman.[9]
You’ve been privileged to hear preach the truth.
You have lived and known such a spectrum,
Of the past, and ones who have gone on.
You’re the one for me, who connects them,
A living, Godly historian.[10]
So I’m glad to have had you Brother,
As pastor, advisor, and friend.
With wishes for many another,
These (late) birthday greetings I send.
– eab, Feb. ‘75
“…I plead for the most precious liberty in the world, heart liberty,
for liberty from the most galling of all yokes, the yoke of heart corruption.”
– John Fletcher, /Works 2/
Mom – can your daughter cook? (No, not thaw out & micro-wave. Cook?) If you were on the flat of your back could she put a meat, 2-3 veggies, a salad, & a desert on the table for company? Can she bake a pie from “scratch”? A cake? If she can’t do some or all of these as a pre-teen/early teen, when will she start? We need more homemakers who can do more, to stretch the dollar.
– eab, 2/21/19
Eph 6.4
“…Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Dad, if you do not enjoy working (admittedly some chores are worse than others) ask God to help you /to learn/ to enjoy working better. (No, don’t say that’s impossible – not if you’re willing to learn.) If you do not like to work, like to see a “job done,” don’t sit down after completing a task with a real sense of accomplishment – you can’t teach these to you son. He needs to enjoy working – Please show him how.
– eab, 2/21/19
“…All who attack the doctrine of an evangelically sinless perfection deserve
…the name advocates of sin better than of Gospel ministers…”
– John Fletcher, /Works 2/
[1] He saw one of the Wright Brothers fly.
[2] J D Webb Sr. was ordained by Seth C Rees, ate with Uncle Buddy, told about Stalker’s previous affliction, and had Wireman as evangelist when Webb pastored the Pilgrim Holiness church in Bremen, Ohio.
[3] John and Bona Fleming were brothers.
[4] George B Culp
[5] At Webb’s sister’s house he ate breakfast with Uncle Buddy (Rueben Robinson)
[6] C W (Christian Wismer) Ruth
[7] T M (Tony) Anderson
[8] Charlie Stalker
[9] I had privilege of hearing “Bulldog” Charlie Wireman.
[10] His first car was a 1914 Cadillac which he owned in 1916.
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