The Purpose And Cause Of

The Son Of God Took Our Nature, And In It Took Upon Himself To Teach Us By Both Word And Example Even To The Point Of Death, Thus Binding Us To Himself Through Love.

I Had Wished To Find In Philosophy And Religion A Remedy For My Disgrace; I Searched Out An Asylum To Secure Me From Love... Duty, Reason And Decency, Which Upon Other Occasions Have Some Power Over Me, Are Here Useless. The Gospel Is A Language I Do Not Understand When It Opposes My Passion... But When Love Has Once Been Sincere How Difficult It Is To Determine To Love No More! 'tis A Thousand Times More Easy To Renounce The World Than Love. I Hate This Deceitful, Faithless World; I Think No More Of It.

And Now, My Friend, I Am Going To Expose To You All My Weaknesses. All Men, I Believe, Are Under A Necessity Of Paying Tribute At Some Time Or Other To Love, And It Is Vain To Strive To Avoid It. I Was A Philosopher, Yet This Tyrant Of The Mind Triumphed Over All My Wisdom; His Darts Were Of Greater Force Than All My Reasonings, And With A Sweet Constraint He Led Me Wherever He Pleased.

Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord, In Sacrifice To Die; Is This Thy Sorrow Naught To Us Who Pass Unheeding By? Our Sins, Not Thine, Thou Bearest, Lord; Make Us Thy Sorrow Feel, Till Through Our Pity And Our Shame Love Answers Love's Appeal. This Is Earth's Darkest Hour, But Thou Dost Light And Life Restore; Then Let All Praise Be Given Thee Who Livest Evermore. Grant Us With Thee To Suffer Pain That, As We Share This Hour, Thy Cross May Bring Us To Thy Joy And Resurrection Power.

Chess Is A Good Way To Learn, To Keep Your Brain Fit And The Ego In Check, A Mental Form Of Your Local Gymnasium. Those Who See Chess Merely As A Means Of Self-proof Make The Game Experience Uncomfortable And Drive Many Of The Better, More Sensitive Brains To Analysis, Correspondence, Problems, Studies And The Like.