Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity |
O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by |
O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by |
Sad is the day for any man when he becomes absolutely satisfied with the life he is living, the thoughts that he is thinking and the deeds that he is doing; when there ceases to be forever beating at the doors of his soul a desire to do something lar |
Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it |
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out on our own |
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out on our own |
The earth has grown old with its burden of care but at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. |
The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed. |
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do. |
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is. |
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden |
To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. |