Blessed art thou, O land, when . . . thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! Eccl. 10:17 The observance of temperance and regularity in all things has a wonderful power. It will do more than circumstances or natural endowments in promoting that sweetness and serenity of disposition which count...Read More
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4:23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence,” is the counsel of the wise man; “for out of it are the issues of life.” As a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he.” The heart must be renewed by...Read More
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.