Truly Unexpected Tidings Make Both

Therefore, Let God Inspired Scripture Decide Between Us; And On Whichever Side Be Found Doctrines In Harmony With The Word Of God, In Favor Of That Side Will Be Cast The Vote Of Truth

In Truth, To Know Oneself Seems To Be The Hardest Of All Things. Not Only Our Eye, Which Observes External Objects, Does Not Use The Sense Of Sight Upon Itself, But Even Our Mind, Which Contemplates Intently Another's Sin, Is Slow In The Recognition Of Its Own Defects.

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.

I Heard Many Discourses Which Were Good For The Soul, But I Could Not Discover In The Case Of Any One Of The Teachers That His Life Was Worthy Of His Words.

We Need Not Only Read Sacred Scripture, But Learn It As Well And Grow Up In It. Realize That Nothing Is Written In Scripture Unnecessarily. Not To Read Sacred Scripture Is A Great Evil.