I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know, without any supposing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares.
PASSIONS.
We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions.
Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
PATIENCE.
The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Patience is enduring love; experience is perfecting love; and hope is exulting love.
Patience is the ballast of the soul that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms.
A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience.
