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Let a man begin in earnest with "i ought," and he will end, by god's grace, if he persevere, with "i will." let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for god's sake. by and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.

-Frederick William Robertson

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Let A Man Begin In Earnest With

Frederick William Robertson

Let a man begin in earnest with "i ought," and he will end, by god's grace, if he persevere, with "i will." let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for god's sake. by and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.

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Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. men have committed murder for jealousy's sake, and anger's sake, and hatred's sake, and selfishness' sake, and spiritual pride's sake; but no man that ever i heard of, ever committed a diabolical murder for sweet charity's sake. mere self-interest, then, if no better motive can be enlisted, should, especially with high-tempered men, prompt all beings to charity and philanthropy.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. let others argue over small things, let them complain over what might have been, but not you. let others cry over small hurts, let them be discouraged, let them be revengeful and vindictive, but not you. let others leave their future in someone else's hands, let them become materialistic and empty, but not you. let others become ungrateful and stop praying, but not you! let others give up, but not you! for you know in whom you believe and you know that he is always able. now, that's you!

This may sound like heresy, but it is the greatest truth! it is more difficult to let god love us, than to love him! the best way to love him in return is to open our hearts and let him love us. let him draw close to us and feel him close to us. this is really very difficult: letting ourselves be loved by him. and that is perhaps what we need to ask today in the mass: 'lord, i want to love you, but teach me the difficult science, the difficult habit of letting myself be loved by you, to feel you close and feel your tenderness ! may the lord give us this grace.

This is to be observed of the bishop of london, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an archbishop of canterbury, or a prime minister of england. the bishop of london sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

Once in his life, a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth, i believe. he ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience, to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder about it, to dwell upon it. he ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it. he ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. he ought to recollect the glare of noon and all the colors of the dawn and dusk.

Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for his subject and for inquiry, he is encouraged to study for the sake of his personal career; he is led to acquire only such knowledge as is serviceable in getting him over the hurdles which he must clear for the sake of his advancement.

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