Standard Of Comparison

Years ago in Manchester England there lived a factory worker who had a very responsible job. The whistle that marked the beginning and end of the work day was operated by a clock and it was his job to be sure the clock was accurate. So every day on his way to work he stopped by the window of a clock shop. In the window...

Rules

It is well known that the German people have always been a highly regimented culture. The idea of Ordnung, a sense of order, permeates German society. And that is a worthy trait. It may, however, have now run amok. Recently the newspaper Bild Zeitung reported that in Germany today there are 4,874 laws, 84,900 regulations...

Redeemed

Recently Kentucky Ancestors carried a remarkable story written by Edwin Burrows Smith. It concerns a man and wife who, in the first half of the 19th century, bought the freedom of 107 slaves! Paul and Susannah Mitchem were not wealthy, but they did own 450 acres in Virginia. They had lived there for fifty years. They were...