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          OUR DAILY BREAD                         Saturday, April 2, 1994
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          Read:  Hebrews 9:24-28

                              AN INEVITABLE APPOINTMENT

                        It is appointed for men to die once,
                            but after this the judgment.
                                    Hebrews 9:27

          Sarah   Winchester's   husband   had  acquired   a   fortune   by
          manufacturing and selling rifles.  After he died of influenza  in
          1918, she moved to San Jose, California.

          Because  of  her grief and her long-time interest  in  spiritism,
          Sarah  sought  out  a medium to contact  her  head  husband.  The
          medium  told  her. "As long as you keep building your  home,  you
          will never face death."

          Sarah believed the spiritist, so she bought an unfinished 17-room
          mansion  and started to expand it.  The project  continued  until
          she  died at the age of 85.  It cost 5 million dollars at a  time
          when  workmen earned 50 cents a day.  The mansion had 150  rooms,
          13  bathrooms,  2,000 doors, 47 fireplaces, and  10,000  windows.
          And Mrs. Winchester left enough materials so that they could have
          continued building for another 80 years.

          Today that house stands as more than a tourist attraction.  It is
          a  silent  witness to the dread of death that holds  millions  of
          people in bondage (Heb. 2:15).

          Because  Jesus died for us and rose from the grave, our  fear  of
          death  can be changed to hope.  That happens when we receive  Him
          as  our  personal  Savior.  That's  the  best  way  to  face  our
          inevitable appointment with death.

          Author:  Vernon C. Grounds

                         Our life is often filled with pain,
                             And death looms just ahead;
                         But Jesus' cross can give us peace
                              And take away that dread.
                                         DJD

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          When it's time to die, make sure that's all you have to do.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   1 Samuel 25-28

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