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For we dare not class or compare ourselves with some who do, themselves, commend; but, they, among themselves, measuring, themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without discernment!

2 Corinthians 10:12, Rotherham

A Miser sold all that he had, and bought a lump of gold, which he took and buried in a hole dug in the ground by the side of an old wall, and went daily to look at it... #story #kidsstory

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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Matthew 6:19‭-‬20

A Jar of Honey having been upset in a house-keeper's room, a number of flies were attracted by its sweetness, and placing their feet in it... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Forsake the foolish, and live; And go in the way of understanding. Proverbs 9:6

Hungering minds come of peasant people as often as of any, and have appeared in Scotland as often, I fancy, as in any nation; not every Scotsman, therefore, who may not himself have known one like Donal, will refuse to believe in such a herd-laddie. Besides, there are still those in Scotland, as well as in other nations, to whom the... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • 1 Timothy 2:5-6 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

It was now time he should resume his journey up Daurside, and he set out to follow the burn that he might regain the river. It led him into a fine meadow, where a number of cattle were feeding. The meadow was not fenced—little more than marked off, indeed, upon one side, from a field of growing corn, by a low wall of earth, covered with moss and grass and flowers. The cattle were therefore herded by a... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Bible Verse: Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

He might have slept longer the next morning, for there was no threshing to wake him, in spite of the cocks in the yard that made it their business to rouse sleepers to their work... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Up and up the hill went Gibbie. The path ceased altogether; but when up is the word in one’s mind—and up had grown almost a fixed idea with Gibbie—he can seldom be in doubt whether he is going right, even where there is no track... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.

Once away, Gibbie had no thought of returning. Up Daurside was the sole propulsive force whose existence he recognized. But when he lifted his head from drinking at the stream, which was one of some size, and, greatly refreshed, looked up its channel, a longing seized him to know whence came the water of life which had thus restored him to bliss—how a burn first appears upon the earth. He thought it... #story #kidsstory Kids Story Family Bedtime Stories for Children to Seniors to Sleep • AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.con acresoft.contactin.bio • Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

By this time Gibbie had got well up towards the roots of the hills of Gormgarnet, and the river had dwindled greatly. He was no longer afraid of it, but would lie for hours listening to its murmurs over its pebbly bed, and sometimes even sleep in the hollows of its banks, or below the willows that overhung it. Every here and there, a brown rivulet from some peat-bog on a hill—brown and clear, like smoke-... #story #kidsstory Kids Story Fiction Family Bedtime Stories for Children and Adults to Sleep • AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

Gibbie was now without a home. He had had a whole city for his dwelling, every street of which had been to him as another hall in his own house, every lane as a passage from one set of rooms to another, every court as a closet, every house as a safe, guarding the only possessions he had, the only possessions he knew how to value—his fellow-mortals, radiant with faces, and friendly with hands and tongues... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Bible Verse: Psalms 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.

No one was so sorry for the death of Sir George, or had so many kind words to say in memory of him, as Mistress Croale. Neither was her sorrow only because she had lost so good a customer, or even because she had liked the man: I believe it was much enhanced by a vague doubt that after all she was to blame for his death. In vain she said to herself, and said truly, that it would have been far... #story AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.

“This, too, will pass,” is a Persian word. Gibbie’s agony passed, for God is not the God of the dead but of the living. Through the immortal essence in him, life became again life, and he ran about the streets as before. Some may think that wee Sir Gibbie—as many now called him, some knowing the truth, and... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Such were the events of every night, and such had they been since Gibbie first assumed this office of guardian—a time so long in proportion to his life that it seemed to him as one of the laws of existence that fathers got drunk and Gibbies took care of them. But Saturday night was always one of special bliss; for then the joy to come spread its arms beneath and around the... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Proverbs 23:31-32 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The Ass and the Fox having entered into partnership together for their mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. They had not proceeded far, when... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Proverbs 26:27 KJV

I am not sure that his father’s neglect was not on the whole better for Gibbie than would have been the kindness of such a father persistently embodying itself. But the picture of Sir George, by the help of whisky and the mild hatching oven of Mistress Croale’s parlour, softly breaking from the shell of the cobbler, and floating a mild gentleman in the air of his lukewarm imagination, and poor... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog. All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops. To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Proverbs 20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining. Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it. Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers kept decent—that is, so long as they did not... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Proverbs 23:31-32 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

The sun was hot for an hour or two in the middle of the day, but even then in the shadow dwelt a cold breath—of the winter, or of death—of something that humanity felt unfriendly. To Gibbie, however, bare-legged, bare-footed, almost bare-bodied as he was, sun or shadow made small difference, except as one of the musical intervals of life that make the melody of existence. His bare feet... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Proverbs 23:31-32 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Sir Gibbie in Scotland. “Come oot o’ the gutter!” cried, in harsh voice, a woman standing on the curbstone of a short, narrow, dirty lane, at right angles to an important thoroughfare, itself none of the widest or cleanest. She was dressed in dark petticoat and print wrapper. One of her shoes was down at the heel, and discovered a great hole in her stocking. Had her black hair been brushed... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

It was on a lovely June morning that our bridal party arrived in Lansdale. They were met at the depot by Aunt Wealthy’s nephew Mr. Harry Duncan, and driven directly to the pretty cottage which had been for so many years the home of the dear old lady. She met them on its porch with both hands outstretched in cordial greeting to the dearly loved grandnephews, and their wives of whom this was her first sight, gave them the tenderest of greetings, then led them within doors and gave... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

“There’s Blanche now!” exclaimed Dorothy at the breakfast table the next morning, as she filled her uncle’s coffee cup for the second time. “Ah, Blanche,” as the door opened and the young girl walked in, “you are good in obeying orders, and I’m glad to see you.” “As we all are,” said her uncle. “Come, take a seat here by my side and have a cup of coffee.” “Thank you, sir, I have been to breakfast,” she said, taking the indicated seat and exchanging a morning salutation with... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Hebrews 13:4-5 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Dorothy came in the next morning soon after breakfast, looking cheerful and bright. “You two girls are to come to our house directly after shutting up here,” she said. “I arranged it all with your uncles last evening—that is Aunt Sarah and I; we both want you, and so do uncle and the boys. They say you have hardly been there to make any stay at all, Ethel, and that it is Blanche’s old home; so of course you ought both to come, and we have coaxed Uncle... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Acts 17:25 neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The uncles, themselves grieving over the departure of their dear young niece, were most kind to the bereaved brother and sisters; doing all they could to comfort them, attending to the arrangements and expenses connected with the funeral and the putting on of mourning by Ethel and Blanche. Nor did they stop at that, but perceiving that the sisters were worn out with the long nursing, and needed rest and change of scene, counselled them to go away for a time,... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

Several years had passed, bringing to the members of our little family scarce any changes except such as time brings to the young and growing everywhere. Ethel was more mature in looks and manners, Harry becoming quite manly in appearance, and in character also, the two younger girls were budding into lovely womanhood, Nannette being especially winsome in manner. They were all strongly attached to each other and made a very harmonious and happy... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world. Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

A Bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying “that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. Proverbs 27:2 ASVBT

“You have been gone a good while, Albert; I hope it was not because of finding the child ill?” Mr. George Eldon remarked enquiringly when his brother re-entered their office. “She is worn out and a long rest will be very necessary, I think,” was the reply in an anxious tone, “and I for one shall do what I can to make her take it. She is certainly a bright girl and one to be proud of, George. There are none too many who would exert themselves as she has done when they might live at ease,... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Deuteronomy 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Those were very bright faces which gathered about Mrs. Baker’s breakfast table one morning early in the next June. “Father’s coming home from the war to-day!” cried the children exultingly; “the fighting is all done and father’s coming home to stay.” “Yes,” returned their mother, tears of mingled joy and thankfulness shining in her eyes. “Oh, how thankful I am that he has never been wounded or taken prisoner—to starve and freeze to death, as so many of our poor, dear... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 146:9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Ethel left her uncle’s house in tears, but before reaching her destination had wiped them away and assumed an air of determined cheerfulness. Mrs. Baker gave her a kindly reception, said she was glad to see her, hoped she would never find reason to regret having come, and bade her sit down by the stove and get well warmed before taking off her hat and sack, for it was a cold, blustering March day. “We’ll not be likely to have much custom to-day,” she remarked presently; “it’s so raw... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 46:1 God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

From the library Ethel went up to the schoolroom, where Nannette and the younger cousins were engaged with their tasks for the morrow. “Oh, I’m so glad you’ve come at last, Ethel, dear,” said Nannette. “It always seems lonesome without you, and besides I want your help with this lesson; it’s so hard, and you always know how to explain things and make them easy.” Ethel’s eyes filled. What would Nan, dear little Nan, do without her big sister, who had... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

As the war went on and Ethel heard frequent allusions among the older people to its great expense and the rapid rise in the price of all the necessaries of life, she felt an increasing desire to be able to support herself, and her brother and sisters. Except to them she said nothing to any one of her relatives of that ardent wish, though constantly revolving plans in her mind and asking help of God to carry out some one of them. She was so young, however, that for... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth.

For more than an hour after his brother’s departure Mr. George Eldon was very busy in his office, buying and selling; then came a lull for a short space, giving him time to think again of Ethel’s letter and what might be done to secure a kindly welcome for the little orphans at his own house and that of his brother. “Albert will be back with them before night, and our wives ought to have warning that they are coming. It would be hardly fair to take them entirely by surprise. I promised my brother... Sadly people supported war. acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save [them]. And they went to another village.

It was some days before Ethel’s prayers seemed to be answered or the kind plans of Mrs. Keith and her mother could be carried out, for the children were forbidden to go over there. They were permitted to be out for only a short time each day for exercise, and were under strict orders to keep to the side of the parsonage grounds farthest from Mr. Keith’s, though no reason was assigned. But at last, it having occurred to Mrs. Coote that the very fact of the children being so... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Exodus 22:22-23 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

At length a change came suddenly to the little orphans. One unfortunate day Mr. Coote was in an unusually bad humor, and under a very slight provocation from Harry, who was more inclined for play than study, the... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Hebrews 10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Ethel had been greatly interested in Mrs. Weston’s story of Washington and the Revolution. She was eager to hear more, and found both ladies of the Keith family kindly ready to gratify her whenever she was allowed to carry her needlework over there instead of doing it in the room in the parsonage appropriated to the use of herself, brother, and sisters. She was given very little time for recreation, so could not read much for herself on that or any other subject; perceiving... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Considering her extreme youthfulness, it was a hard and toilsome life that had now begun for Ethel. Day and night she had charge of her little brother and sisters; she must wash and dress them—or teach them to do those things for themselves, and see in every way to their comfort and amusement; also teach Nannette and Harry their little lessons. Besides she must learn her own, keep their room in order, and spend an hour or two every day in the use of her needle, under the instruction of... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio

A Mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard;and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity,out came a Mouse. Don’t make much ado about nothing. #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6 ASVBT

Mrs. Weston had hardly finished what she was saying to Ethel when Mrs. Coote’s harsh voice was heard summoning her young charges to their dinner. They hastened to obey, quite as much for fear that any delay would anger the woman and bring dire consequences upon themselves, as from a desire to satisfy their appetites. The meal, like those that had preceded it, was plain but palatable, and the healthy little folks found it enjoyable... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 11:35 Jesus wept.

In the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Coote were in the dining room, partaking of a much more elaborate meal than had been given to their young charges. “Well, what do you think of them?” queried Coote, stirring and tasting his tea, then reaching for the sugar bowl and helping himself to another spoonful of its contents. “I can tell more about that when I’ve had time to make their acquaintance,” she answered dryly... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • 1 Peter 5:7 WEB casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

It was a lovely day early in October, and the children enjoyed gazing out upon the landscape, so new to them, the gorgeous coloring of the forest trees particularly attracting their attention. They were close together, having possession of a corner near the door of the car, where two seats at right angles gave them abundance of room to move about and gaze their fill, now on the outer world, now at the occupants of the seats near at hand. They were pretty quiet, and... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Things went pretty smoothly with the little orphans while their friend Mrs. McDougal stayed. She managed to keep the peace between them and their cousins by soothing and petting her young charges and interesting all the occupants of the nursery with her fairy tales, her stories of Wallace, the Bruce, and Robin Hood and his merry men. But all too soon came the day when she must leave Philadelphia and go to the husband who was wearying for his good wife; a sad, sad... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio

The Eldon brothers lived in adjoining houses, large, handsome, and with more extensive grounds than are usually connected with a city residence; a low hedge separated those of the one from the other, and a gate in that gave to... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 68:5 WEB A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

“Oh, papa is better, dear, dear papa!” cried Ethel, jumping and dancing in delight. “Oh, I’m so glad! I’m so glad!” cried Blanche and Harry in chorus. “I so blad! I so blad!” echoed Nannette. “But I don’t want to doe home, Ethel; I’se tired.” “Then we’ll go and sit down a while under the trees by the little brook over yonder,” returned Ethel in soothing tones. “You will like that, Blanche and Harry, won’t you?” A ready assent was given, and all three turned aside and spent... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

The clock on the mantel, striking six, woke Ethel and Blanche Eldon, two little sisters lying side by side in their pretty bed. “Ah, it is morning, Blanche, and time for you and me to be up,” said Ethel, smiling pleasantly into her younger sister’s eyes. “Yes; in a minute, Ethel,” replied Blanche, turning toward her sister and patting her cheek affectionately. At the same moment the door into the hall opened softly and the mother came in, her dark eyes shining, her... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 14:1-6 “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also. You know where I go, and you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

"What do you think of the new member of the family, Cousin Flora?" asked Dr. Landreth. It was the afternoon of the day succeeding the arrival of Don, and Rupert and his wife. Dr. Landreth had a call to the country, and had invited Flora to drive with him. They had left the town behind, and were bowling rapidly along a smooth, level road running through woods gorgeous in their autumn robes of crimson and... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Mrs. Baird made short work of clearing away the remains of the supper and setting everything to rights. Then taking two of her sons with her, she repaired to the garden. All three presently returned laden with flowers, with which they proceeded to ornament the parlor, after setting aside some of the fairest and most fragrant for the adornment of the bride... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • 1 Timothy 2:5-6 YLT for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus, who did give himself a ransom for all — the testimony in its own times —

It was late in the afternoon of a sultry August day that our poor travellers, footsore and weary, reached a great cattle ranch in Texas, owned and occupied by a family of the name of Baird, who had emigrated from Ohio years before. Their large, comfortable house, separated from the road by a wide, grassy yard and flower-garden, was the first civilized... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Matthew 25:40 YLT 'And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].

And Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead... You can read the account in the Bible, in Luke 10:30-37. #Biblestory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio

"You have talked too much, señor," Juanita said with concern, noting the look of utter exhaustion that came over his face with the last words; "I am but a poor nurse to have allowed it. Your lips are parched too," she added, dropping her work and gliding from the tent to return a moment later with a gourd full of the cold, sparkling water of the mountain stream. She raised his head and held the cup to his lips. He drank with feverish... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 103:2-3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

In their retreat after the attack upon the emigrant train to which Rupert and Don belonged, the Indians passed again over the ground where they had shot down the latter. He still lay motionless and insensible, just as he had fallen from his horse. Several of the savages dismounted and stooped over him, one drawing a scalping-knife from his belt, and with the other hand seizing Rupert by the hair. At that instant consciousness returned... #story #kidsstory • AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • Psalms 46:1-2 God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

On a pleasant October day the three families—including Miss Weston—were gathered at Mr. Keith's for a family tea-party; no very unusual occurrence. The railroad had recently reached Pleasant Plains, and a few minutes before the call to tea the whistle of the afternoon train from the West had been heard. They had but just seated themselves about the table, and Mr. Keith had asked a blessing on the food, when the door... #story #kidsstory AcreSoft Story Classic acresoft.com acresoft.contactin.bio • A special thank you to Feedspot for listing AcreSoft Story Classic on there 40 Best Classic Stories Podcast Page https://blog.feedspot.com/classic_stories_podcasts/