Remember That If The Opportunities For Great

There Are No Disappointments To Those Whose Wills Are Buried In The Will Of God.

Now This Spirit Is Admirably Mortified By The Exercise Of Patience. It Involves Also A Continual Practice Of The Presence Of God; For We May Be Come Upon At Any Moment For An Almost Heroic Display Of Good Temper. It Is A Short Road To Unselfishness; For Nothing Is Left To Self. All That Seems To Belong Most Intimately To Self, To Be Self's Private Property, Such As Time, Home, And Rest, Are Invaded By These Continual Trials Of Patience.

There Is A Great Deal Of Self-will In The World, But Very Little Genuine Independence Of Character.

Many There Are Who, While They Bear The Name Of Christians, Are Totally Unacquainted With The Power Of Their Divine Religion. But For Their Crimes The Gospel Is In No Wise Answerable. Christianity Is With Them A Geographical, Not A Descriptive, Appellation.

Kind Thoughts Are Rarer Than Either Kind Words Or Deeds. They Imply A Great Deal Of Thinking About Others. This In Itself Is Rare. But They Also Imply A Great Deal Of Thinking About Others Without The Thoughts Being Criticisms. This Is Rarer Still.