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'Twas The Night Before Jesus CameAuthor Unknown, adapted
'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house,
The children were dressing to crawl into bed,
When out of the night there arose such a clatter,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
The light of his face made me cover my head.
In the book of life which He held in His hand,
The people whose names had been written with love,
I fell to my knees but it was too late.
In the words of this poem the meaning is clear: Where Is The Punctuation?F.W. Emmons, 1873As you read the two statements, please note that each one is exactly the same, word-for-word, yet note how different the meanings set forth by differences in punctuation. Much in life depends on where we put the emphasis or punctuation. The Good ManHe is an old and experienced man. In vice and wickedness he is never found. Opposing the work of iniquity he takes delight. In the downfall of his neighbor he never rejoices. In the prosperity of any of his fellow creatures he is ready to assist. In destroying the peace of society he takes no pleasure. In serving the Lord he is uncommonly diligent. In sowing discord among his friends and acquaintances he takes no pride. In laboring to promote the cause of Christianity he has not been negligent. In endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers he makes no exertions. To subdue his passions he strives hard. To build up Satan's kingdom he lends no aid. To support the gospel among the heathen he contributes largely. To the evil adversary he pays no attention. To good advice he gives great heed. To the devil he will never go. To heaven he must go where he'll receive the just recompense of his reward. The Bad ManHe is an old and experienced man in vice and wickedness. He is never found opposing the work of iniquity. He takes delight in the downfall of his neighbor. He never rejoices in the prosperity of any of his fellow creatures. He is ready to assist in destroying the peace of society. He takes no pleasure in serving the Lord. He is uncommonly diligent in sowing discord among his friends and acquaintances. He takes no pride in laboring to promote the cause of Christianity. He has not been negligent in endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers. He makes no exertions to subdue his passions. He strives hard to build up Satan's kingdom. He lends no aid to support the gospel among the heathen. He contributes largely to the evil adversary. He pays no attention to good advice. He gives great heed to the devil. He will never go to heaven. He must go where he'll receive the just recompense of his reward. The Bible In A NutshellAuthor UnknownThe Bible can be put into three headings: God is the former (Genesis 1-2). "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7). Since God created us, we are accountable to Him. If we never acknowledge the creation, we will never see that we are sinners in need of a Savior. Satan is the deformer (Genesis 3:1-7). Called the "hinge of the Bible", this passage is crucial. If it were not in the Bible, the whole book would be changed. We finish chapter two with heavenly bliss in the garden, but verse eight shows the creatures hiding in shame. What happened? Sin changes everything. Christ is the transformer (Genesis 3:15). From Genesis 3:8, God is beginning to redeem His people through the coming seed of woman. "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2). Download the PDF... Back to the archives... |
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