Reproof, Especially As It Relates

The Eye Is The Inlet To The Soul, And It Is Well To Beware Of Him Whose Visual Organs Avoid Your Honest Regard.

It Is In Sickness That We Most Feel The Need Of That Sympathy Which Shows How Much We Are Dependent Upon One Another For Our Comfort, And Even Necessities. Thus Disease, Opening Our Eyes To The Realities Of Life, Is An Indirect Blessing.

It Is The Goodly Outside That Sin Puts On Which Tempteth To Destruction. It Has Been Said That Sin Is Like The Bee, With Honey In Its Mouth, But A Sting In Its Tail.

To Talk Of Luck And Chance Only Shows How Little We Really Know Of The Laws Which Govern Cause And Effect.

There Is No Better Rule To Try A Doctrine By Than The Question, Is It Merciful, Or Is It Unmerciful? If Its Character Is That Of Mercy, It Has The Image Of Jesus, Who Is The Way, The Truth, And The Life.