If Easter says anything at all to us it is that Jesus will always be with us. The pyramids of Egypt are famous because they contained the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptian kings. Westminster Abbey in London is renowned, because in it rests the bodies of English nobles and notables. Mohammed's tomb is noted for the stone coffin and the bones it contains. Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C., i...
2. Holiest Man In Scotland
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Don Emmitte
David and Robert McCheyne were Scottish brothers. Both had brilliant minds, though there the resemblance ended. David, the older of the two, was quiet and studious.
He spent most of his leisure time at home helping with the family chores. David was a devoted Christian, too much so in the opinion of his younger brother, Robert. Once Robert came home from an evening of partying and found David knee...
3. What Might Have Been
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Don Emmitte
A great autobiography is that of Loren Eisley, All the Strange Hours. Eisley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer. In his book he tells of an incident early in his academic training, in fact in his first English class of college. It was a traumatic experience, one which changed the direction of his life. In his first theme assignment, the professor cal...
