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?Sermon Illustrations(M~Po)?(A Compilation) TABLE OF CONTENTS M Machines
Magnanimity
Magnitudes
Maiden Speech
Maidens
Maine
Making Good
Malaria
Man
Manifestation
Manners
Maranatha
Mark's Gospel
Marks of Christ
Marksmanship
Marriage
Marriage Fees
Martyrs
Master
Measurements
Measuring Instruments
Measuring
Medical Inspection
Medicine
Meditation
Meekness
Memorial Day
Memorials
Memory
Memory System
Men
Merciful
Mercy
Merit
Messages
Messenger
Metaphor
Methemoglobinemia
Mice
Middle Classes
Midst
Military Discipline
Milk
Millennium
Milliners
Millionaires
Mind
Mines
Minister
Minorities
Miracles
Mirror
Miscellany
Misers
Mismated
Missiles
Missionary
Missions
Mistaken Identity
Mistakes
Misunderstanding
Mixed Metaphors
Model
Modesty
Mollycoddles
Money
Money Talks
Money Value
Monogamy
Monotony
Moral Education
Morale
Morality
Morals
Mortification
Moses
Mosquitoes
Mothers
Mother's Love
Mothers-in-Law
Motivation
Motorcycles
Motto
Mountains
Mounting Up
Moving Pictures
Mules
Municipal GovernmentMuseums
Music
Musicians N Nails
Names
Napoleon
Natives
Natural Man
Nature
Nature Lovers
Nature Study
Navigation
Neatness
Needle
Needs
Neglect
Negroes
Neighbors
Nerves
New Birth
New Creation
New Heaven
New Jersey
New Life
New Year
New York City
News
Newspapers
Night
Nightmare
No
Nomenclature
Nothing
Novels
Numbers
Nurses O Oath
Obedience
Obituaries
Objective
Obligations
Obscurity
Observation
Obstacles
Obstinacy
Occupations
Occupied
Ocean
Offense
Office Boys
Office-seekers
Old Age
Omen
Omnipresence
Onions
Opera
Opinions
Opportunity
Optical Illusion
Optimism
Orators
Orderliness
Orientation
Others
Out and Out
Outdoor Life
Outworn P Paintings
Palestine
Panics
Paradoxes
Pardon
Parental Responsibility
Parenthood
Parents
Parliament
Parrots
Partnership
Passover
Passwords
Past
Pastoral
Patience
Patriotism
Paul
Payment
Peace
Peacemakers
Peanuts
Pearl
Pebbles
Penalty
Pensions
Perfection
Perfumes
Persecution
Perseverance
Persistence
Persuation
Pessimism
Peter
Pew
Philadelphia
Philanthropists
Philosophy
Phonetics
Photograph
Physician and Surgeons
Physiology
Piety
Pigeons
Pilate
Pilgrimage
Pins
Pittsburg
Pity
Place
Plain Speaking
Play
Playing Possum
Plays
Pleasures
Plumber
Poetry
Poets
Point of View
Poker
Police
Politeness
Political Parties
Politicians
Politics
Polygamy
Popularity
Population
Possessions
Postal
Potential
Potters
Poverty
Power
Machines Sermon Illustrations
Machine to Debone Fish In April, 1962, the news came from Washington that man has made a machine
to debone fish. Do you dislike fish because of the bones? Would you like a
machine that debones fish?
The U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Review claims it is now possible to
design and build a machine that will detect and reject harmful fish bones.
Research by the bureau has been carried on since 1954 to find just such a
machine. When the results were in, the scientists report that there are no
bones about it, the machine really works.
Fish are relayed in front of an X-ray unit which detects the bones even
when the fish are frozen. An electronic flash forms an image of the fish's
interior on a fluoroscopic screen. The bones cause a change in energy
levels on the screen which can be picked up and relayed to a photoelectric
unit. This unit can control a rejecting device which deribs the fish. The
device works best on thin slices but bureau scientists are confident that
it can be improved for commercial use.
What our land needs more than a fish-deboning machine is something to put
backbone into some who have only India-rubber convictions and jelly-fish
morality and no determination to overcome. Many need the spirit of Daniel
Webster who said, as he spoke in Fanenil Hall, Boston, August 2, 1826:
"Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart
to this vote."
Knowing that, as Thoreau said, there is never an instant's truce between
virtue and vice, we should be encouraged to show determination by the words
of the great Helen Keller: "Our worst foes are wavering spirits and not
belligerent circumstances."
Magnanimity Sermon Illustrations At the siege of one of the strong towns in Flanders, during the wars of
Louis XIV., it was necessary to reconnoitre the point of attack. The danger
was great, and a hundred louis were promised to any one who would undertake
it. Several of the bravest of the soldiers appeared indifferent to the
offer, when a young man stepped forward to undertake the task; he left the
detachment, and remained absent a long time; he was thought killed. While
the officers were deploring his fate, he returned, and gained their
admiration no less by the precision than the sang froid of his recital. The
hundred louis were immediately presented to him. "Vous vous moquez de moi,
mon général," was his reply; "va-t-on là pour de l'argent."-[You are
jesting with me, general; one does not perform such actions for money.]
[pic] St. Louis Louis IX., after his captivity among the Saracens, was, with his queen and
children, nearly shipwrecked on his return to France, some of the planks of
the vessel having started. He was pressed to go on board another ship, and
so escape the danger, but he refused, saying, "Those that are with me, most
assuredly are as fond of their lives as I can be of mine. If I quit the
ship, they will likewise quit it; and the vessel not being large enough to
receive them, they will all perish. I had rather entrust my life, and the
lives of my wife and children, in the hands of God, than be the occasion of
making so many of my brave subjects suffer."
[pic] Magnanimous Rebel Sir Phelim O'Neil, one of the leaders in the Irish rebellion of 1641, while
in prison, previous to his trial, was frequently solicited, by promises of
a free pardon, and large rewards, to bear testimony that the king (Charles
the First) had been actively instrumental in stirring up that rebellion. It
was one of the arts of the factions of that period to throw the odium of
the massacre which followed the Irish rebellion upon Charles; but whatever
may have been the political sins of that unhappy prince, impartial history
has not ranked this among the number. Sir Phelim declared, that he could
not, in conscience, charge the king with any thing of the kind. His trial
was drawn out to the length of several days, that he might be worked upon
in that time; but he persisted with constancy and firmness in rejecting
every offer made to him by the commissioners. Even at the place of
execution, the most splendid advantages were pressed upon him, upon the
condition of falsely accusing King Charles in that point. Men saw with
admiration this unfortunate chieftain under all the terrors of death, and
the strongest temptations man could be under, bravely attesting the king's
innocence, and sealing the truth of his testimony with his blood. When on
the ladder, and ready to be thrown off, two marshals came riding in great
haste, and cried aloud, "Stop a little." Having passed through the, crowd
of spectators and guards, one of them whispered something into the ear of
Sir Phelim, who made answer in so loud a voice, as to be heard by several
hundreds of the people. "I thank the lieutenant-general for the intended
mercy; but I declare, good people, before God and his holy angels, and all
of you that hear me, that I never had any commission from the king for what
I have done, in levying, or in prosecuting this war; and do heartily beg
your prayers, all good Catholics and Christians! that God may be merciful
unto me, and forgive me my sins." On this the guards beat off those that
stood near the place of execution, and in a few minutes Sir Phelim was no
more.
[pic] The Chevalier Bayard The town of Bresse having revolted against the French, was attacked, taken,
and sacked, with an almost unexampled fury. The chevalier Bayard, who was
wounded at the beginning of the action, was carried to the house of a
person of quality, whom he protected from the fury of the conquerors, by
placing at the door two soldiers, whom he indemnified with a gift of eight
hundred crowns, in lieu of the plunder they might have lost by their
attendance at the door. The impatience of Bayard to join the army without
considering the state of his wound, which was by no means well, determined
him to depart. The mistress of the house then threw herself at his feet,
saying, "The rights of war make you master of our lives and our
possessions, and you have saved our honour. We hope, however, from your
accustomed generosity that you will not treat us with severity, and that
you will be pleased to content yourself with a present more adapted to our
circumstances, than to our inclinations." At the same time, she presented
him with a small box full of ducats.
Bayard, smiling, asked her how many ducats the box contained. "Two thousand
five hundred, my lord," answered the lady, with much emotion; "but if these
will not satisfy you, we will employ all our means to raise more."-"No,
madam," replied the chevalier, "I do not want money: the care you have
taken of me more than repays the services I have done you. I ask nothing
but your friendship; and I conjure you to accept of mine."
So singular an instance of generosity gave the lady more surprise than joy.
She again threw herself at the feet of the chevalier, and protested that
she would never rise until he had accepted of that mark of her gratitude.
"Since you will have it so," replied Bayard, "I will not refuse it; but may
I not have the honour to salute your amiable daughters?" The young ladies
soon entered, and Bayard thanked them for their kindness in enlivening him
with their company. "I should be glad," said he, "to have it in my power to
convince y