Christianity Is The Greatest Civilizing, Moulding, Uplifting

To Be Energetic And Firm Where Principle Demands It, And Tolerant In All Else, Is Not Easy. It Is Not Easy To Abhor Wickedness, And Oppose It With Every Energy, And At The Same Time To Have The Meekness And Gentleness Of Christ, Becoming All Things To All Men For The Truth's Sake. The Energy Of Patience, The Most Godlike Of All, Is Not Easy.

The Very Act Of Faith By Which We Receive Christ Is An Act Of The Utter Renunciation Of Self, And All Its Works, As A Ground Of Salvation. It Is Really A Denial Of Self, And A Grounding Of Its Arms In The Last Citadel Into Which It Can Be Driven, And Is, In Its Principle, Inclusive Of Every Subsequent Act Of Self-denial By Which Sin Is Forsaken Or Overcome.

Man Has Wants Deeper Than Can Be Supplied By Wealth Or Nature Or Domestic Affections. His Great Relations Are To His God And To Eternity.

Man Can Have Strength Of Character Only As He Is Capable Of Controlling His Faculties; Of Choosing A Rational End; And, In Its Pursuit, Of Holding Fast To His Integrity Against Al! The Might Of External Nature.

Guided By His Wisdom, Strong In His Strength, There Maybe For You Struggle And Suffering, The Darkness And The Storm. "the Disciple Is Not Above His Master." There May Be Weeping That Shall Endure For A Night, But Joy Shall Come In The Morning. If The Night Cometh, So Also The Morning, "a Morning Without Clouds," The Morning Of An Eternal Day.