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An Essential Virtue Is Humility. ... The Principle Of Humility And Prayer Leads One To Feel A Need Of Divine Guidance. Self-reliance Is A Virtue, But With It Should Go A Consciousness Of The Need Of Superior Help-a Consciousness That As You Walk Firmly In The Pathway Of Duty, There Is A Possibility Of Your Making A Misstep; And With That Consciousness Is A Prayer, A Pleading That God Will Inspire You To Avoid That False Step

Youth Need Guidance, Direction, And Proper Restraint...parents, Too, Have A Responsibility In This Training Not To Provoke Children To Wrath. They Should Be Considerate Not To Irritate By Vexatious Commands Or Place Unreasonable Blame. Whenever Possible They Should Give Encouragement Rather Than Remonstrance Or Reproof.

True Education Is Awakening A Love For Truth...opening The Eyes Of The Soul To The Great Purpose And End Of Life.

The Peril Of This Century Is Spiritual Apathy. As The Body Requires Sunlight, Good Food, Proper Exercise And Rest, So The Spirit Of Man Requires The Sunlight Of The Holy Spirit; Proper Exercise Of The Spiritual Functions; The Avoiding Of Evils That Affect Spiritual Health, That Are More Ravaging In Their Effects Than Typhoid Fever, Pneumonia, Or Other Diseases That Attack The Body.

Why Pray For The Kingdom Of God To Come Unless You Have In Your Heart A Desire And A Willingness To Aid In Its Establishment? Praying For His Will To Be Done And Then Not Trying To Live It, Gives You A Negative Answer At Once. You Would Not Grant Something To A Child Who Showed That Attitude Towards A Request He Is Making Of You. If We Pray For The Success Of Some Cause Or Enterprise, Manifestly We Are In Sympathy With It. It Is The Height Of Disloyalty To Pray For God's Will To Be Done, And Then Fail To Conform Our Lives To That Will.