Missionary David Miner Stern was plunged into grief when God saw fit to take to Himself his little daughter. Stern could not seem to get over his great sorrow, even though he was a Christian. He became so depressed that he went daily to the cemetery to mourn by her grave. With his walking stick, he would touch the mound of earth that covered the casket. Somehow this seemed to give him a measure of comfort-- as though he still had some slight contact with her. His grief w

Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote in the mid-1950’s that her father, well-known British pastor, W. E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he went to the doctor, he found he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His muscles would gradually waste away, his voice would fail, his throat would soon become unable to swallow. Sangster threw himself into his work in British home missions, fi

Someone once said, “Behind every great man is his mother.” I believe that’s true! In fact, if it wasn’t for our mothers none of us would be who we are today. God had a special plan for mothers from the very beginning. Instead of continuing to create human beings, God chose to give women the ability to join Him in the creation of life. In the Garden of Eden, He commanded Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth. Thus, humanity began and Eve is remember