THE TRIMMED LAMP by O.HENRY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 28 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins from Matthew 25 states that ten virgins await a bridegroom , five have brought enough oil for their lamps to wait, while the oil of the other five runs out. the five virgins who prepare for the bridegroom's arrival are rewarded while the five who went to buy more oil miss the bridegroom's arrival and are disowned. Unless I'm missing something bridegroom's had it pretty good in those days.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic Classic Short Stories and Tales. |
| 0:33.7 | This is your host, John Hagenorn. |
| 0:35.8 | Today, another great O Henry Short Story |
| 0:38.4 | called The Trimmed Lamp. |
| 0:41.0 | Hope you enjoy it. A note for you listeners. |
| 0:45.0 | The parable of the wise and foolish versions from Matthew 25 states the 10 versions |
| 0:51.0 | away to Braggroom. |
| 0:52.0 | Five have brought enough oil for their lamps. states that 10 versions await a bridegroom. |
| 0:53.0 | Five have brought enough oil for their lamps to wait, |
| 0:56.0 | while the oil of the other five runs out. |
| 0:58.0 | The five virgins who prepare for the bridegroom's arrival |
| 1:02.0 | are rewarded, |
| 1:03.4 | while the five who went to buy more oil |
| 1:05.6 | missed the bridegroom's arrival and are disowned. |
| 1:09.7 | Unless I'm missing something, |
| 1:11.3 | bridegroom's headed pretty good in those days. Of course there are |
| 1:17.5 | two sides to the question. Let us look at the other. We often hear shop girls spoken of. No such persons exist. |
| 1:28.2 | There are girls who work in shops. They make their living that way, but why turn their occupation into an objective? |
| 1:35.4 | Let us be fair. We do not refer to the girls who live on Fifth Avenue as |
| 1:40.8 | Marriage Girls. |
| 1:43.0 | Lou and Nancy were chums. |
| 1:45.0 | They came to the big city to find work because there was not enough to eat at their homes to go around. |
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