humbled " (Luke xiv. 11).
"Have no strife amongst you as to which shall be first; for the great ones of earth do this. He who is the greatest among you, let him be as the least: and he that is leader, as he that serveth." (Luke xxii. 26).
"Be natural as children" (Matt, xviii. 3). " Be wise as serpents, and simple as doves " (Matt. x. 16).
And did not the apostles teach the same?
" Render to all their dues: fear, to whom fear, honor, to whom honor" (Rom. xiii. 7).
"Communicating to the necessities of the saints, pursuing hospitality " (Rom. xii. 13).
"Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep " (Rom. xii. 15).
"If it be possible, as much as you can, have peace with all men 99 (Rom. xii. 18).
"Let your modesty be known to all men" (Phil. iv. 5), that all may be edified by your good conduct.
" We are a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men " (1 Cor. iv. 9).
How easily may courteous manners, ennobled by a modest reserve, dispel the popular prejudice against virtue, and awaken in the rudest and most vicious mind a strong desire to imitate him who is none the less a Christian because he is a polished gentleman!
LXXIX. Cheerfulness
ST. PAUL admonishes us: "Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice! " (Phil. iv. 4). And the prophet Habacuc
