Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. NAME: Harriet Tubman OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist BIRTH DATE: c. 1820 DEATH DATE: March 10, 1913 PLACE OF BIRTH: Dorchester County, Maryland PLACE OF DEATH: Auburn, New York Originally: Araminta Harriet Ross Nickname: Minty Nickname: Moses Nickname: General Tubman Quotes::  “When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.” – Harriet Tubman “I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land.” – Harriet Tubman “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more, if only they knew they were slaves.” – Harriet Tubman Physical violence was a part of daily life for Tubman and her family. The violence she suffered early in life caused permanent physical injuries. Harriet later recounted a particular day when she was lashed five times before breakfast. She carried the scars for the rest of her life. The most severe injury occurred when Tubman was an adolescent. Sent to a dry-goods store for supplies, she encountered a slave who had left the fields without permission. The man’s overseer demanded that Tubman help restrain the runaway. When Harriet refused, the overseer threw a two-pound weight that struck her in the head. Tubman endured seizures, severe headaches and narcoleptic episodes for the rest of her life. She also experienced intense dream states, which she classified as religious experiences… Read more here...

A Cord of Three Strands Is Not Easily Broken There’s nothing better than a really great marriage and nothing worse than a bad one. Christian marriages are meant to be living proof that two people can become a strong force in achieving God’s will – both for our pleasure and to impact the world. However, the blending of two individuals into one harmonious marriage is a process that won’t happen on its own. A good marriage does not just happen, no matter how wildly in love you are when you get married. You need to invite God into the process. When we know Jesus and invite Him into our marriage, our relationship is made up of three strands. And there is great strength in the union of a man and woman when Christ is included. Happiness in marriage is not about finding a spouse who always acts the way we want them to. It is about two imperfect people trusting in a perfect God and conforming to His will and purpose for them. That’s a marriage God can bless! Prayer Starter: God, I love my spouse, but a two-strand cord is not enough. I want to do my part to invite You into our marriage so You can strengthen our love for each other and lead us into Your plan for us.- Promises For Your Everyday Life: Joyce...

“The fact that we are called upon to endure trial shows that the Lord Jesus sees in us something precious which He desires to develop. If He saw in us nothing whereby He might glorify His name, He would not spend time in refining us. He does not cast worthless stones into His furnace. It is valuable ore that He refines. The blacksmith puts the iron and steel into the fire that he may know what manner of metal they are. The Lord allows His chosen ones to be placed in the furnace of affliction to prove what temper they are of and whether they can be fashioned for His work.” – {HDL 9.2 Help in Daily Living by Ellen G....

1) “Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.” 2) “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” 3) “If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.” 4) “I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.” 5) “Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.” 6) “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” 7) “Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.” 8) “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 9) “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 10) “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” 11) “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” 12) “Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.” 13) “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” 14) “I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.” 15) “A good head and a good heart are always a formidable...

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:” (Psalms 147:3-7...

“The badge of Christianity is not an outward sign, not the wearing of a cross or a crown, but it is that which reveals the union of man with God. By the power of His grace manifested in the transformation of character the world is to be convinced that God has sent His Son as its Redeemer. No other influence that can surround the human soul has such power as the influence of an unselfish life. The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.” – {HDL 8.1 [Help in Daily Living by Ellen G....