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What is the grave? 'Tis a cool, shady harbor, where the Christian Wayworn and weary with life's rugged road, Forgetting all life's sorrows, joys, and pains, Lays his poor body down to rest-- Sleeps on--and wakes in heaven. - [Graves] What we believe, we must believe wholly and without reserve; wherefore the only perfect and satisfying object of faith is God. A faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no farther, is none. - [Faith] When reduced by adversity, a man forgets the lofty tone and supercilious language of prosperity. - [Adversity] Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't, And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't. - [Women] Where the eye of pity weep, And the sway of passion sleeps, Where the lamp of faith is burning, And the ray of hope returning, Where the "still small voice" within Whispers not of wrath or sin, Resting with the righteous dead-- Beaming o'er the drooping head-- Comforting the lowly mind, Wisdom dwelleth--seek and find. - [Wisdom] Without change nothing changes. - [Change] You always meet people a second time. - [Meeting] You can see farther in the dark than in the day. - [Seeing] A Persian philosopher, being asked by what method he had acquired so much knowledge, answered, "By not being prevented by shame from asking questions where I was ignorant." - Apocryphal [Knowledge] The Jews of old called an echo "the daughter of the voice. - Bat Kol [Echo] Arbor Day in the public schools is doing something toward the replenishing of treeless regions, restoring forest trees to their former habitation, and also toward the extermination of savagery toward all tree growth from the boys of this generation. Heredity from the slayers of trees in their fight with the primeval woods, will require heroic treatment. A boy with a hatchet is still a desolater, and with an axe he is a scourge second only to the forest burner; when he grows to manhood his greed is proof against all sentiment or suggestion of remoter consequences. For centuries now the matchless forests of this country have been faced with the cry of "Kill! Kill!" There has been no mercy and no recourse. Slaughter has waged unhindered and unrebuked. Timber for forests, with unlimited supply under care and culture, have been ruined. The waste has been more than the product. For bark, for charcoal and firewood, for fence posts and railroad ties, for lumber and, shingles, for spars and ship timbers, for wooden ware, matches and even toothpicks, the woods have been flayed alive. We have wasted our inheritance until the resulting shame is beginning to show. Forest saws that are sharp and usable as axes are demanded. The ownership of woodland must not carry the right to abuse it. . . . - Christian Work, (first part of Arbor Day statement; see "Lands that are important . . .") [Arbor Day] Lands that are important water preserves should be protected the same as public reservoirs. Private ownership which has proved detrimental to public interests should be suppressed by public purchases. All possible restraints must be put on the marauders and incendiaries of the woods. For toleration of this criminal treatment of trees has reached its limit. The sentiment of our people is ready to sustain the hand of justice in the defense of these true friends of man. - Christian Work, (second part of Arbor Day statement; see "Arbor Day in the public schools . . .") [Arbor Day] In the midst of life we are in death. - Church Burial Service [Life] To bear no malice or hatred in my heart. - Church Catechism [Forgiveness] The following "marriage" maxims ( 1-10) are worthy of more than a hasty reading. Husbands should not pass them by, for they are designed for wives; and wives should not despise them, for they are addressed to husbands:-- 1. The very nearest approach to domestic happiness on earth is in the cultivation on both sides of absolute unselfishness. 2. Never both be angry at once. 3. Never talk at one another, either alone or in company. 4. Never speak loud to one another unless the house is on fire. 5. Let each one strive to yield oftenest to the wishes of the other. 6. Let self-denial be the daily aim and practice of each. 7. Never find fault unless it is perfectly certain that a fault has been committed, and always speak lovingly. 8. Never taunt with a past mistake. 9. Neglect the whole world besides rather than one another. 10. Never allow a request to be repeated. - Cottager and Artisan [Marriage] The following "marriage" maxims (11-20) are worthy of more than a hasty reading. Husbands should not pass them by, for they are designed for wives; and wives should not despise them, for they are addressed to husbands:-- 11. Never make a remark at the expense of each other,--it is a meanness. 12. Never part for a day without loving words to think of during absence. 13. Never meet without a loving welcome. 14. Never let the sun go down upon any anger or grievance. 15. Never let any fault you have committed go by until you have frankly confessed it and asked forgiveness. 16. Never forget the happy hours of early love. 17. Never sigh over what might have been, but make the best of what is. 18. Never forget that marriage is ordained of God, and that His blessing alone can make it what it should ever be. 19. Never be contented till you know you are both walking in the narrow way. 20. Never let your hopes stop short of the eternal home. - Cottager and Artisan [Marriage] Faith is the gift of God, wrought by the Holy Spirit through the means of grace, in the heart of every penitent and seeking sinner; who faithfully uses them. - Evangelical Lutheran Catechism [Faith in Christ] His Ascension marked a stage in His revelation, but it only brought Him nearer to us. To have lingered among the early disciples would have limited His mission and sequestered Him from the later Church. As the Resurrection opened the grave, the Ascension opened heaven. - Evangelist [Ascension Day] If we bear an inward enmity to all sins because they are offensive to God, if we can say that it is the desire of our souls to love Christ above all things, and to be eternal debtors to free grace, reigning through His righteousness, then we may warrantably conclude, that our faith, however weak, is yet of a saving nature. - Fisher's Catechism [Faith in Christ] True assurance makes a man more humble and self-denied, but presumptuous confidence puffs up with spiritual pride and self-conceit; the one excites to the practice of every commanded duty, but the other encourages sloth and indolence. - Fisher's Catechism [Assurance] Municipal government is corrupt simply because corrupt and corruptible men are elected to office. Corrupt men are elected to office because office "pays," and corruptible men yield because they make money by yielding. If municipal governments had no profitable contracts to award, if school boards had no text-books to select, we should have no "municipal problem." - Forum [Election Day] Though all around is dark and cheerless, And on high my star looks pale, My heart is steadfast still and fearless, Still my lips disdain to wail. My spirit still stands up undaunted, Still I on myself rely; No craven thought my brain e'er haunted, Fate and Fortune I defy! - Fraser's Magazine [Defiance] True faith is not only a certain knowledge, whereby I hold for truth all that God has revealed to us in His word, but also an assured confidence, which the Holy Ghost works by the gospel, in my heart; that not only to others but to me also, remission of sin, everlasting righteousness, and salvation are freely given by God merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ's merits. - Heidelberg Catechism [Faith in Christ] The men needed for all our offices are men to whom righteousness, temperance and judgment are obligations which they feel called upon to fulfill--not men who, like Felix, tremble, self-convicted, when these are urged upon them. A candidate for office should be as white in principle and in practice as his title indicates or suggests that he is. - Homiletic Review [Election Day] "Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold; be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate. - Inscription on the Gates of Busyrane [Courage] Displaying page 7 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8
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