It Is Not He Who

I Reckon Silence More Profitable Than Speech, For? In The Words Of The Preacher, 'the Words Of Wise Men Are Heard In Quiet' (eccles. 9:17).

What Is There Astonishing In The Death Of A Mortal? But We Are Grieved At His Dying Before His Time. Are We Sure That This Was Not His Time? We Do Not Know How To Pick And Choose What Is Good For Our Souls, Or How To Fix The Limits Of The Life Of Man.

All Who Call The Holy Ghost A Creature We Pity, On The Ground That, By This Utterance, They Are Falling Into The Unpardonable Sin Of Blasphemy Against Him.

Do Not, As Is Usually The Case, Thrust The Care Of The Common Weal Upon Your Neighbor; Then, As Each One In His Own Thoughts Makes Light Of The Matter, All Find To Their Surprise That They Have Drawn Upon Themselves By Their Neglect A Personal Misfortune.

The Bread Which You Hold Back Belongs To The Hungry; The Coat, Which You Guard In Your Locked Storage-chests, Belongs To The Naked; The Footwear Mouldering In Your Closet Belongs To Those Without Shoes. The Silver That You Keep Hidden In A Safe Place Belongs To The One In Need. Thus, However Many Are Those Whom You Could Have Provided For, So Many Are Those Whom You Wrong.