Sacrifice

Illustration 14. A business man had a son of whom he thought the world. The son married and had a little girl come to bless that home. The father took the son into his business and trusted him completely…

Now, it is so hard, friends, for those of you out there that know what I’m talking about, that I’ve lost a child. We lost a son…

A father and a son, both bearing the same name, were taken prisoners during the French Revolution. One day when the son’s name was read among those called to die, the father answered the name and took his son’s place.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz tells of a man who was severely burned attempting to rescue his parents from a fire. But he didn’t succeed and they died…

A couple, visiting in Korea, saw a father and his son working in a rice paddy. The old man guided the heavy plough as the boy pulled it…

In old Russia when a commander wished to inspire a recruit with a challenge for service, he told of the sacrifice of Turkestan. The Russian army was small. The Asiatic foe came swooping down in overwhelming numbers…

Trevelyan in his life of Garibaldi, the Italian patriot, tells of a young volunteer who, having come from a home of luxury, was asked why he stayed on the battlefield when he could return to a home of ease…

In Foochow there are three graves side by side. Two of them are the graves of the daughters of a widow in Australia. Those two girls went out as missionaries to China, and they were both murdered…

The SEAL team was under attack and out of ammo. All were wounded including their leader, Lt. Michael Murphy, shot in the stomach. To protect his men, Murphy went into the open, making himself a target even as he radioed for help…

Father’s Sacrifice When the pastor introduced the visiting speaker, an elderly preacher walked to the pulpit and told this story: “A father, his son, and his son’s friend were sailing off the Pacific coast when a storm overturned their boat, sweeping all…

Sacrifice of Lt. James O. Conway On October 2, 1954, First Lieutenant James O. Conway was taking off from Boston Logan Airport, flying a plane that carried a load of munitions…

To do this he must testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. But more than anything, he wanted to be an example to his son…

Once there was a fire at the Hansen house. People stood there watching the fire burn because it was too far gone. The firemen had gotten there too late…

A touching story is told of an old southern slave who had refused his freedom and lived with his master until the last…

Four million Jews died in Auschwitz during World War II. But for all the ugly memories of Auschwitz stands one story of love and sacrifice…

O Lord our God, whose name only is excellent and thy praise above heaven and earth: we give thee high praise and hearty thanks for all those who counted not their lives dear unto themselves but laid them down for their friends…

Many years ago, in one of our large Eastern cities, a four-story frame apartment house in a poorer section of the city caught on fire. Trapped on the top floor were a father, and three boys, aged three, five, and seven…

TRUE STORY…

James Chalmers near the close of his long career as a missionary said: “Recall the twenty-one years, give me back all my experiences, give me its shipwrecks, give me its standing in the face of death, give it me surrounded with spears…

John Dean, a Quaker evangelist, used to tell this story of himself. “When I was a lad I was a disobedient. My father was strong and just, but stern…

Years ago Louis Evans served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Hollywood. In his congregation was a gifted surgeon. As a sensitive Christian he was alert to the working of God in his life…

A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art…

A visitor to a war cemetery noticed a man weeping beside a grave. He wanted to say something comforting, but he thought it best to leave the man alone…

B. H. Pearson shares this story: It was a great day in a small mountain church in the Philippines, when twenty-three adults and young people confessed their faith in Christ by baptism…

Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and two Protestant ministers—gave their life belts to four soldiers after the American cargo-transport “Dorchester” was torpedoed in February, 1943, the Postmaster General heard the story that the four men of God went down with their ship…

One day, a man went to visit a church. He got there early, parked his car and got out. Another car pulled up near the driver got out and said, “I always park there! You took my place!”…

“Titanic” an American newspaper carried two pictures. One showed the ship’s side torn open and about to sink—the symbol of fragility—and underneath the picture were these words, “The weakness of man; the supremacy of nature.”…

When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast. Because she had been willing to die, those under the cover of her wing would live.

The story is told of Sir William Wilberforce, who as a young member of the British Parliament had a decisive encounter with God. For a time he thought to surrender his seat in Parliament to go into “religious” work…

A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom. One night there was fire in the house and the grandmother perished while trying to rescue the child…

There was a mother who was walking with her children in the woods of ? Thee were observing nature and enjoying the scenery, when all of a sudden a fully grown cougar springs from the bushes and attacks her youngest child…

Civil war erupted in the Congo (Zaire) in the 1960s, and among the missionaries caught in the crossfire was a small sunbeam named William McChesney with Worldwide Evangelization Crusade (now WEC International)…

The pastor of a small church was walking home one day when he was summoned by an old woman who called him from her front yard. The woman was bad tempered and unkempt, and the minister generally tried to avoid her…

In the recent rescue efforts resulting from the earthquake in China in May 2008, a woman was found. When the rescue team discovered her, she was already dead. She had been killed by the house that collapsed on her…

Running for Two f you’ve shared a good run with someone, you’ve created a bond with that person for life. We run- .ners have a bond because we share something in common. We have a connection beyond the surface…

In the late stages of World War II, in the Pacific front, an amazing event took place. Captain Tony Simeral, an air force captain, related the events of the story. It had happened as they approached the enemy coast, Simeral recalled…

be bought, and no other source for blood. The family might as well take the girl back home and let her die…

A generation ago, Jim Elliot went from Wheaton College to become a missionary to the Aucas in Ecuador. Before he was killed, he wrote, “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

When Adam offered a lamb as sacrifice, it was painful for him to take life. This act taught him about both sin’s cost and God’s grace in providing a substitute.

My father was a great believer that God answered prayer. He often told how God answered his prayer when as a young man he tried desperately to overcome his drinking habits before he became an Adventist…

It was July 1794. The dungeons of Paris were crowded with men and women destined for the guillotine…

• Supposing a woman, when she is dying, calls her eldest daughter to her side and says, “You will stop with the children till they are wed, and you will see to your father?” She says, “Yes, mother; I will.”…

During the American Civil War, a farmer in New York was drafted for the Union army. His wife had died and he was the sole support of his young children…

Ted S. Rendall, Vice-President of Prairie Bible Institute, wrote this very interesting article based upon a true story related by D. R. Mals- bury, missionary in South Korea, which illustrates how a Christian loved God and others: He had two good eyes…

Madame Chiang Kai-shek tells the story of a farmer who became a hero during an earthquake. His farm was on high land…

Dwight L. Moody used to tell the story of the days when the gold fever swept California. A man went West, leaving | his wife and son in New England. Soon he succeeded and sent for his loved ones…

You remember Charles Dickens’ beautiful story of the poor little father whose one joy in his life was the love of his blind child…

Charles Spurgeon and his wife, according to a story in the Chaplain magazine, would sell, but refused to give away, the eggs their chickens laid. Even close relatives were told, “You may have them if you pay for them.”…