The greatest obstacle to charity in the Christian church today is the fact that men expend so much on their table and women so much on their dress, they have got nothing left for the work of God and the world's betterment. — TALMAGE.
Condensed Comments
He that bath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor. — SOLOMON.
We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity. — JOSEPH COOK.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Providence in the Discovery of America
It would seem to have been especially ordered by Providence, that the discovery of the two great divisions of the American hemisphere should fall to the two races best fitted to conquer and colonize them. Thus the northern section was consigned to the Anglo-Saxon race, whose orderly, industrious habits found an ample field for development under its colder skies and on its more rugged soil; while the southern portion, with its rich tropical products and treasures of mineral wealth, held out the most attractive bait to invite the enterprise of the Spaniard. How different might have been the result, if the bark of Columbus had taken a more northerly direction, as he at one time meditated, and landed its band of adventurers on the shores of what is now Free America! — PRESCOTT.
An Indestructible Union of Indestructible States
It may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union or the maintenance of the National Government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union of indestructible States. — CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
Another Name
America is only another name for opportunity. — EMERSON.
An Indestructible Union of Indestructible States
It may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union or the maintenance of the National Government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union of indestructible States. — CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
Another Name
America is only another name for opportunity. — EMERSON.
The Reward of Labor
You never will be saved by works; but let us tell you most solemnly that you never will be saved without works. — T. L. CUYLER.
Nothing is denied to well-directed labor; nothing is ever to be attained without it. — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
God does not give excellence to men but as the reward of labor. — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties. — C. N. BOVEE.
Nothing is denied to well-directed labor; nothing is ever to be attained without it. — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
God does not give excellence to men but as the reward of labor. — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties. — C. N. BOVEE.
Know Your Work and Do It
Blessed is the man who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Know thy work, and do it; and work at it like Hercules. One monster there is in the work — the idle man. — CARLYLE.
Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the field, seal Thy truth, and come home to die. — WHITEFIELD.
God's very service is wages; His ways are strewed with roses, and paved with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, and with peace that passeth understanding. — THOMAS BROOKS.
We are not to wait to be in preparing to be. We are not to wait to do in preparing to do, but to find in being and doing preparation for higher being and doing. — HENRY GILES.
Lord Jesus, I am weary in Thy work, but not of it. If I have not yet finished my course, let me go and speak for Thee once more in the field, seal Thy truth, and come home to die. — WHITEFIELD.
God's very service is wages; His ways are strewed with roses, and paved with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, and with peace that passeth understanding. — THOMAS BROOKS.
We are not to wait to be in preparing to be. We are not to wait to do in preparing to do, but to find in being and doing preparation for higher being and doing. — HENRY GILES.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Spear Points
1902
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
Circumstances may change, but God never does.
The breadth of Christianity depends on its depth.
God puts consolation only where He has first put pain.
Early athletics will not suffice for the heavenly race.
In this life there is but one sure happiness— to live for others.
Expect God to help you when you have prayed for His assistance.
True greatness is ability to serve coupled with a meek and quiet spirit.
When the Lord is in our hearts His hand will be seen in our works.
Never take your eye off the cross, as all the lines of salvation center there.
Poverty of possessions need not be discreditable; poverty of life always is.
A thousand times better are the men who do than the weaklings who only know.
The loving judgments of friends are harder to bear than the harsh ones of foes.
All God's providences are but His touches of the strings of the great instrument of the world.
When you step up on one promise you will always find a higher and a better one before you.
The self-centered life comes to naught; the Christ-centered life ever continues in enlargement.
There are some lessons which can only be learned in the garden, and beneath the shadow of the cross. — The Ram's Horn.
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
Circumstances may change, but God never does.
The breadth of Christianity depends on its depth.
God puts consolation only where He has first put pain.
Early athletics will not suffice for the heavenly race.
In this life there is but one sure happiness— to live for others.
Expect God to help you when you have prayed for His assistance.
True greatness is ability to serve coupled with a meek and quiet spirit.
When the Lord is in our hearts His hand will be seen in our works.
Never take your eye off the cross, as all the lines of salvation center there.
Poverty of possessions need not be discreditable; poverty of life always is.
A thousand times better are the men who do than the weaklings who only know.
The loving judgments of friends are harder to bear than the harsh ones of foes.
All God's providences are but His touches of the strings of the great instrument of the world.
When you step up on one promise you will always find a higher and a better one before you.
The self-centered life comes to naught; the Christ-centered life ever continues in enlargement.
There are some lessons which can only be learned in the garden, and beneath the shadow of the cross. — The Ram's Horn.
More Words of Wisdom
1902
Sincerity is the secret of success.
It takes more than money to make a living.
Self-surrender is the secret of soul-satisfaction.
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
To break our mirrors will not make us beautiful.
The heart is only clean when it is wholly clean.
You cannot make an enemy without losing a friend.
Sympathy for others is a salve for our own sorrows.
It is a vain hope that the chains of habit will rust off.
The supreme art of living may be summed up in giving.
When a father is too tender his sons usually balance things.
Life is a man's opportunity for the realization of his ideals.
To be at our best to-morrow we must be at our best to-day.
When ambition is the child of envy it will be the mother of sorrows.
The lights of the world are not illumined by the fires of controversy.
He who has friends only to use them will have them only to lose them. — Ram's Horn.
Sincerity is the secret of success.
It takes more than money to make a living.
Self-surrender is the secret of soul-satisfaction.
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
To break our mirrors will not make us beautiful.
The heart is only clean when it is wholly clean.
You cannot make an enemy without losing a friend.
Sympathy for others is a salve for our own sorrows.
It is a vain hope that the chains of habit will rust off.
The supreme art of living may be summed up in giving.
When a father is too tender his sons usually balance things.
Life is a man's opportunity for the realization of his ideals.
To be at our best to-morrow we must be at our best to-day.
When ambition is the child of envy it will be the mother of sorrows.
The lights of the world are not illumined by the fires of controversy.
He who has friends only to use them will have them only to lose them. — Ram's Horn.
Words of Wisdom
Words of Wisdom
1902
In the noonday of life only short shadows are cast.
In order to find out how strong a stick is you must break it.
A good fisherman always provides himself with plenty of bait.
The man who borrows and seldom pays is one who seldom lends.
When you confess a fault to a friend, confess one that you know he also has.
The man who is above imitating the methods of others need never be afraid of being imitated.
Sometimes the loftiest monument towers above the grave of the poet who starved to death.
Women were formed to temper mankind and soothe them into tenderness and compassion. — Addison.
Those who go slowly through life have an opportunity of reading the guideboards along the way. The riches of the world and the
gratifications they afford are too apt when their evil tendency is not opposed by a principle of religion to beget that friendship for the world which is enmity to God.
Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man's wants and God's goodness. — Hugh Miller.
Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasurable, and you create for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brains of the wildest dreamer. — Sir Walter Scott.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — La Fontaine.
Prudence yields to circumstance, folly quarrels with it, pride defies it, wisdom uses it and genius controls it. — J. S. Blackie.
1902
In the noonday of life only short shadows are cast.
In order to find out how strong a stick is you must break it.
A good fisherman always provides himself with plenty of bait.
The man who borrows and seldom pays is one who seldom lends.
When you confess a fault to a friend, confess one that you know he also has.
The man who is above imitating the methods of others need never be afraid of being imitated.
Sometimes the loftiest monument towers above the grave of the poet who starved to death.
Women were formed to temper mankind and soothe them into tenderness and compassion. — Addison.
Those who go slowly through life have an opportunity of reading the guideboards along the way. The riches of the world and the
gratifications they afford are too apt when their evil tendency is not opposed by a principle of religion to beget that friendship for the world which is enmity to God.
Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man's wants and God's goodness. — Hugh Miller.
Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasurable, and you create for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brains of the wildest dreamer. — Sir Walter Scott.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. — La Fontaine.
Prudence yields to circumstance, folly quarrels with it, pride defies it, wisdom uses it and genius controls it. — J. S. Blackie.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Trumpet Calls — Sentence Sermons
1896Ram's Horn Sounds Warning Note to Unredeemed
Wine opens the damper to let all the fires of evil in a man burn.
God sends danger only where he has first sent courage.
To love an enemy is a sure way to please Christ.
A brewer's horse fares better than a drunkard's child.
Bridget starts her fire with coal oil. The devil uses alcohol.
The man who does not look ahead will soon have to fall back.
There is no sign that a man inflamed with drink may not commit.
Every moderate drinker is leading an army of boys toward the pit.
If we not hear God to-day, he may refuse to hear us to-morrow.
Appetite for drink is the devil's iron chain on the drunkard's neck.
The easiest time to let drink alone is before the first drink is taken.
It is when we are most helpless that Christ is most willing to help us.
The sparkle in the wine is made by one of the devil's sharpest teeth.
It is a long step toward heaven to be born in a home where Christ is loved.
One of the hardest things for some men to forgive is a difference in creed.
The man who serves the devil has to begin his day's work before breakfast.
Many a man puts his family in the dark to help the saloon pay its gas bill.
Many a man has started out to reform the world, and stopped at the first house.
The devil has gained his point when he convinces us that little sins work no ill.
The man who begins by drinking some time may end by having to drink all the time.
No man can grind down another without first placing his own soul under the millstone.
The Christian should never complain of his hard fortune while he knows that Christ is his friend.
If you would teach children to hate drink, give them the first lesson before they leave the cradle.
The man who has not decided that he will never drink, has more than half decided that he will drink.
When a man gets up early in the morning to drink, he is apt to spend the day in doing nothing else.
Our money is not doing us the good God would have it do us, if it is not doing anybody else any good.
If you are in the habit of going to sleep in church, you do not help the preacher any by occupying a front seat. — Ram's Horn.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Proverbs From The Danish
1901
A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
God help the sheep when the wolf is judge.
If God gives not bushelfuls, He gives spoonfuls.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
He who despises small things seldom grows rich.
The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.
He has command of the sack who is seated on it.
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.
He is not a bad driver who knows how to turn.
He that holds is no better than he that scourges.
There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.
That which is stamped a penny will never be a pound.
Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.
A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.
Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.
What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.
It is good to lend to God and to the soil — they pay good interest.
An Open Book
A little New Zealand girl recently wrote to ask Mark Twain if his real name was Clemens. She knew better, she said, because Clemens was the man who sold patent medicine. She hoped not, for she liked the name of Mark. Why, Mark Antony was in the Bible! Her letter delighted its recipient. "As Mark Antony has got into the Bible," Mr. Clemens characteristically remarked in telling about it, "I am not without hopes myself."
A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
God help the sheep when the wolf is judge.
If God gives not bushelfuls, He gives spoonfuls.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
He who despises small things seldom grows rich.
The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.
He has command of the sack who is seated on it.
A willing helper does not wait until he is asked.
He is not a bad driver who knows how to turn.
He that holds is no better than he that scourges.
There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.
That which is stamped a penny will never be a pound.
Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.
A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.
Another man's horse and your own whip can do a great deal.
What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach.
It is good to lend to God and to the soil — they pay good interest.
An Open Book
A little New Zealand girl recently wrote to ask Mark Twain if his real name was Clemens. She knew better, she said, because Clemens was the man who sold patent medicine. She hoped not, for she liked the name of Mark. Why, Mark Antony was in the Bible! Her letter delighted its recipient. "As Mark Antony has got into the Bible," Mr. Clemens characteristically remarked in telling about it, "I am not without hopes myself."
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Gems of Thought — "Patience is Sorrow's Slave"
1877
Gems
Gathered by Mrs. Felix Van Wyke
Patience is sorrow's slave.
Every path has its puddle.
Time passed never returns.
Talkers are no good doers.
There is no joy without alloy.
The more law the less justice.
Great bargains empty the purse.
Strew not roses before swine.
A good fellow is a costly name.
The little alms are the good alms.
He that is down needs fear no fall.
Saving is a greater art than gaining.
The cock is lord on his own dunghill.
Think to-day, and speak to-morrow.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
Every one is the son of his own works.
Pin not your faith on another's sleeve.
Though a lie be swift truth overtakes it.
Virtue is but dryly praised, and starves.
— The Reynolds Herald.
Gems
Gathered by Mrs. Felix Van Wyke
Patience is sorrow's slave.
Every path has its puddle.
Time passed never returns.
Talkers are no good doers.
There is no joy without alloy.
The more law the less justice.
Great bargains empty the purse.
Strew not roses before swine.
A good fellow is a costly name.
The little alms are the good alms.
He that is down needs fear no fall.
Saving is a greater art than gaining.
The cock is lord on his own dunghill.
Think to-day, and speak to-morrow.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
Every one is the son of his own works.
Pin not your faith on another's sleeve.
Though a lie be swift truth overtakes it.
Virtue is but dryly praised, and starves.
— The Reynolds Herald.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Comforting
1905
A lady was awakened one morning by a strange noise of pecking at the window, when she saw a butterfly flying backwards and forwards inside the window, in a great fright, because outside there was a sparrow pecking at the glass, wanting to reach the butterfly. The butterfly did not see the glass, but it saw the sparrow, and evidently expected every moment to be caught. Neither did the sparrow see the glass, though it saw the butterfly, and made sure of catching it. But all the while the butterfly, because of that thin, invisible sheet of glass, was actually as safe as if it had been miles away from the sparrow. It is when we forget our Protector that our hearts fail us.
Elisha's servant was in great fear when he awoke in the morning and saw the city of Dothan encompassed with horses and chariots and a great host: but when his eyes were opened at the prayer of the prophet, his fears vanished, for he beheld the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusted in Thee." "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore." — Selected.
No one who has not tried it would believe how many difficulties are cleared out of a man's road by the simple act of trying to follow Christ. — ALEXANDER MACLAREN.
—The Young Churchman, Milwaukee, May 7, 1905, p. 2.
A lady was awakened one morning by a strange noise of pecking at the window, when she saw a butterfly flying backwards and forwards inside the window, in a great fright, because outside there was a sparrow pecking at the glass, wanting to reach the butterfly. The butterfly did not see the glass, but it saw the sparrow, and evidently expected every moment to be caught. Neither did the sparrow see the glass, though it saw the butterfly, and made sure of catching it. But all the while the butterfly, because of that thin, invisible sheet of glass, was actually as safe as if it had been miles away from the sparrow. It is when we forget our Protector that our hearts fail us.
Elisha's servant was in great fear when he awoke in the morning and saw the city of Dothan encompassed with horses and chariots and a great host: but when his eyes were opened at the prayer of the prophet, his fears vanished, for he beheld the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusted in Thee." "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore." — Selected.
No one who has not tried it would believe how many difficulties are cleared out of a man's road by the simple act of trying to follow Christ. — ALEXANDER MACLAREN.
—The Young Churchman, Milwaukee, May 7, 1905, p. 2.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Short Sermons – A Sentence or So
1899
"Our Father" tells of the brotherhood of man. Truth has nothing to fear from error, nature cannot disagree with its God. — Rev. W. H. Tubb, Congregationalist, San Francisco, Cal.
Capital is that part of wealth put into operation to increase the ability of a nation or community. Capital is the laborer's friend. — Rev. R. S. J. Burke, R. C., Holyoke, Mass.
When God sends a prayer into the heart he has already prepared the answer. We are taught the importance of faith, prayer and patience. — Rev. Robert Graham, Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pa.
What society wants to-day is not charity, but justice — justice between man and man. Give man justice and there will be practically nobody to take care of. — Rev. George C. Lorimer, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
Oh, the injustice of that sentence of Dreyfus! I pity the man or the nation that allows prejudice to enter the heart against God's chosen people. — Dwight L. Moody, Evangelist, Northfield, Mass.
The verdict was not against the man but against a race. It was a triumph of race prejudice. The judges made up their minds beforehand that the prisoner was guilty. Rabbi Falk Vidavar, Hebrew, New York.
The Dreyfus trial is persecution instead of prosecution. A noted Frenchman has said: "Better that an innocent man go to prison and death than that the nation suffer." — Rev. Cortland Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
I never held nor taught that physical death was the end of a wicked soul. Death is simply changing the conditions under which man's life is lived. It is not a flood of regeneration. — Rev. Dr. E. H. Ward, Episcopalian, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Prayer with study, prayer with investigation is the rule of the growth of the missionary spirit. Prayer to be of value must be intelligent, must be offered for an intelligent object known to be worthy. — Rev. J. L. Barton, Congregationalist, Bangor, Me.
A travesty on justice and an outrage on humanity was perpetrated at Rennes. But God is just; vengeance is His. He will repay, and some day between the millstones of his wrath He will grind France to pieces. — Rev. Madison C. Peters, Independent, New York.
—Daily Iowa State Press, Iowa City, IA, Nov. 1, 1899, p. 2.
"Our Father" tells of the brotherhood of man. Truth has nothing to fear from error, nature cannot disagree with its God. — Rev. W. H. Tubb, Congregationalist, San Francisco, Cal.
Capital is that part of wealth put into operation to increase the ability of a nation or community. Capital is the laborer's friend. — Rev. R. S. J. Burke, R. C., Holyoke, Mass.
When God sends a prayer into the heart he has already prepared the answer. We are taught the importance of faith, prayer and patience. — Rev. Robert Graham, Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pa.
What society wants to-day is not charity, but justice — justice between man and man. Give man justice and there will be practically nobody to take care of. — Rev. George C. Lorimer, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
Oh, the injustice of that sentence of Dreyfus! I pity the man or the nation that allows prejudice to enter the heart against God's chosen people. — Dwight L. Moody, Evangelist, Northfield, Mass.
The verdict was not against the man but against a race. It was a triumph of race prejudice. The judges made up their minds beforehand that the prisoner was guilty. Rabbi Falk Vidavar, Hebrew, New York.
The Dreyfus trial is persecution instead of prosecution. A noted Frenchman has said: "Better that an innocent man go to prison and death than that the nation suffer." — Rev. Cortland Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
I never held nor taught that physical death was the end of a wicked soul. Death is simply changing the conditions under which man's life is lived. It is not a flood of regeneration. — Rev. Dr. E. H. Ward, Episcopalian, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Prayer with study, prayer with investigation is the rule of the growth of the missionary spirit. Prayer to be of value must be intelligent, must be offered for an intelligent object known to be worthy. — Rev. J. L. Barton, Congregationalist, Bangor, Me.
A travesty on justice and an outrage on humanity was perpetrated at Rennes. But God is just; vengeance is His. He will repay, and some day between the millstones of his wrath He will grind France to pieces. — Rev. Madison C. Peters, Independent, New York.
—Daily Iowa State Press, Iowa City, IA, Nov. 1, 1899, p. 2.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Sentence Sermons — The Crown of Life
1911
SENTENCE SERMONS
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. — Marcus Aurelius
If God writes "opportunity" on one side of the open doors he writes "responsibility" on the other side — Dr. Gracey
And he who waits to have his task marked out
Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. — Lowell
Perfection of character can be achieved only through struggle, through discipline. It is for him that overcometh that the crown of life is reserved. — John Fiske
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or find it not. — Emerson
SENTENCE SERMONS
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. — Marcus Aurelius
If God writes "opportunity" on one side of the open doors he writes "responsibility" on the other side — Dr. Gracey
And he who waits to have his task marked out
Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled. — Lowell
Perfection of character can be achieved only through struggle, through discipline. It is for him that overcometh that the crown of life is reserved. — John Fiske
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or find it not. — Emerson
Sunday, April 22, 2007
The Epitaph on One Busy Pastor's Tombstone
1915
Pastor's Busy Life
The epitaph on the tombstone of the late Dr. Rees Bronant, in Cardiganshire, sets out the following facts in Welsh: He christened 1,496 children, he buried 1,792 persons, he preached 8,000 sermons, he spoke 271 times on total abstinence, he paid hundreds of pounds of chapel debts by lectures.
Power of Ideal
No one can cherish an ideal, and devote himself to its realization from year to year, and strive and struggle and make sacrifices for its attainment, without undergoing a certain gracious transformation, of which the highest powers must be aware and men can hardly miss. — John White Chadwick.
The Fiery Cross
The fiery cross was an ancient summons to arms used in the Scottish Highlands, and was sent by swift messengers from place to place. It was a small cross of light wood, the extremities of which were set on fire, and then dipped in the blood of a goat. This custom is said to have also been in use among the Goths.
Daily Thought
Every man stamps his value on himself; the price we challenge for ourselves is given us. — Schiller.
Pastor's Busy Life
The epitaph on the tombstone of the late Dr. Rees Bronant, in Cardiganshire, sets out the following facts in Welsh: He christened 1,496 children, he buried 1,792 persons, he preached 8,000 sermons, he spoke 271 times on total abstinence, he paid hundreds of pounds of chapel debts by lectures.
Power of Ideal
No one can cherish an ideal, and devote himself to its realization from year to year, and strive and struggle and make sacrifices for its attainment, without undergoing a certain gracious transformation, of which the highest powers must be aware and men can hardly miss. — John White Chadwick.
The Fiery Cross
The fiery cross was an ancient summons to arms used in the Scottish Highlands, and was sent by swift messengers from place to place. It was a small cross of light wood, the extremities of which were set on fire, and then dipped in the blood of a goat. This custom is said to have also been in use among the Goths.
Daily Thought
Every man stamps his value on himself; the price we challenge for ourselves is given us. — Schiller.
The Prophesied Completeness
1915
We rejoice in life because it seems to be carrying us somewhere; because its darkness seems to be rolling on toward light, and even its pain to be moving onward to a hidden joy. We bear with incompleteness because of the completion which is prophesied and hoped for. — Phillips Brooks.
Merit In Overcoming Obstacles
To seek to do only the easy things of life a foolish and suicidal choice, for anybody, even a nonentity, can do these things. Let us care, rather, to do things, the overcoming of which will bring to us moral strength, a tested fortitude, and a wider experience of the deeper meanings of human life. — Christian Register.
Daily Thoughts
People who are nobly happy constitute the power, the beauty and the foundation of the state. — Jean Finot.
To travel hopefully is a better than to arrive. — Robert Louis Stevenson.
The one enemy we have in this universe is stupidity, darkness of mind, of which darkness there are many sources, every sin a source and probably self-conceit the chief source. — Carlyle.
Our Faults
Our worst fault, says a great writer, is not seeing that we have any. There can be no repentance over wrongs and ill condition when we are sure that the blame rests entirely with some one else, and the spirit that is satisfied with its own goodness and attainments ceases to grow. The struggle to overcome faults and weaknesses is hard, but to feel no need for such struggle is death.
Giant Mummy In Japan
One of the most interesting exhibits at the aisho exposition held at Tokyo was a giant mummy enclosed in a large, square coffin. The figure measured about eight feet in height. This relic was obtained by a Japanese explorer at a Buddhist temple in the province of Kiangsi. Experts support the claim that the mummy is that of a famous monk who lived at the beginning of the Christian era.
We rejoice in life because it seems to be carrying us somewhere; because its darkness seems to be rolling on toward light, and even its pain to be moving onward to a hidden joy. We bear with incompleteness because of the completion which is prophesied and hoped for. — Phillips Brooks.
Merit In Overcoming Obstacles
To seek to do only the easy things of life a foolish and suicidal choice, for anybody, even a nonentity, can do these things. Let us care, rather, to do things, the overcoming of which will bring to us moral strength, a tested fortitude, and a wider experience of the deeper meanings of human life. — Christian Register.
Daily Thoughts
People who are nobly happy constitute the power, the beauty and the foundation of the state. — Jean Finot.
To travel hopefully is a better than to arrive. — Robert Louis Stevenson.
The one enemy we have in this universe is stupidity, darkness of mind, of which darkness there are many sources, every sin a source and probably self-conceit the chief source. — Carlyle.
Our Faults
Our worst fault, says a great writer, is not seeing that we have any. There can be no repentance over wrongs and ill condition when we are sure that the blame rests entirely with some one else, and the spirit that is satisfied with its own goodness and attainments ceases to grow. The struggle to overcome faults and weaknesses is hard, but to feel no need for such struggle is death.
Giant Mummy In Japan
One of the most interesting exhibits at the aisho exposition held at Tokyo was a giant mummy enclosed in a large, square coffin. The figure measured about eight feet in height. This relic was obtained by a Japanese explorer at a Buddhist temple in the province of Kiangsi. Experts support the claim that the mummy is that of a famous monk who lived at the beginning of the Christian era.
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