Friday, March 30, 2001
Friday, March 30, 2001
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners of whom I am the foremost.
Amazingly in 1896, the girls were offered a thousand dollars a week to perform on
Broadway--not because they were so good, but because they were so unbelievably bad. Seven
years later, after the Cherry Sisters had earned the then respectable fortune of $200,000, they
retired from theatrical life for the more peaceful life down on the farm. Oddly enough, these
successful Broadway "stars" remained convinced to the end that they were truly the most talented
actresses ever to grace the American stage.
Yes, we are probably pretty good people, but we sinners all stand in need of God's grace.
(1 Timothy 1:15
NRSV)
Let me tell you a true story--about the fabulous Cherry Sisters. Leaving their home in the Iowa
corn country in 1893, these four girls made their debut on a stage in Cedar Rapids in a skit they
wrote themselves. For three years, the Cherry Sisters performed to packed theaters throughout
the Middle West; people came to see them just to find out if they really were that bad. Their
unbelievably atrocious acting enraged critics and provoked spectators to throw vegetables at the
would-be "actresses." Wisely, the sisters thought to travel with an iron screen which they could
erect on stage for self-defense.
Lord Jesus, thank you for bringing me forgiveness. Amen.
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