Memorable Quotes from R.G. Armstrong
2 quotesA Prayer for Gratitude and Understanding
Joshua Knudsen
Heavenly Father, we thank thee for the food on this table. Teach thy children to be grateful for thy goodness; to walk in thy path, that they may not suffer thy wrath and thy vengeance. Bless us, O Lord, and these, our guests; and forgive them the mercenary desires which brought them here. Amen.
[Pause]
Gil Westrum
I thank you for entering a plea in our behalf, Mr. Knudsen; but what's this about mercenary desires?
Joshua Knudsen
You're on your way to Coarsegold, ain't you?
Gil Westrum
Yes.
Joshua Knudsen
Well, them that travel there do so for one reason only: to traffic in gold! Which, to possess, is to live in fear; to desire, to live in sorrow.
Steve Judd
But we're not trafficking, sir; merely transporting.
Joshua Knudsen
It says in the Book: gold is a stumbling block to them that sacrifice to it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
Steve Judd
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver or gold – Proverbs, chapter 22.
Joshua Knudsen
Into the land of trouble and anguish come the old lions, and they shall carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, to a people that shall not profit them – Isaiah, chapter 30, verse 6. That mining town is a sinkhole of depravity; a place of shame and sin.
Elsa Knudsen
According to my father, every place outside this farm is a place of sin.
Joshua Knudsen
That'll do.
Elsa Knudsen
You don't have to preach at everybody!
Joshua Knudsen
That will do!
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The Value of Eggs and Youthful Humor
Steve Judd
If you could spare us a few eggs, we'd be glad to pay for em.
Joshua Knudsen
Well, one you can have; because the Lord's bounty is not for sale. The rest are a dollar each.
Heck Longtree
A dollar each?!! Now how in the world do those short-legged chickens lay eggs so high?
Joshua Knudsen
Levity in the young is like unto a dry gourd, with the seeds rattling around.
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