THOUGHTS OF THINKERS
Faith is not shutting the eyes to be* lieve something which is not true. It is opening them, opening eye and car, and heart and the whole nature, and submitting them to that for which they were made. It is to have the ear of a learner, the heart of a child, to listen to the Father's voice.—Hugh Black.
He who refuses to be taught loses from life its charm and sacrednese. Cease to learn and you will in time starve your powers of admiration, of reverence, of obedience, and all the rest of these delicate faculties which in their union are worship and the very strength of spiritual faith.—George Adam Smith,
Adversity has been so far his friend that it bad taken from him all hope of the social success for which people crawl and truckle, and restored him, through failure and doubt and heartache, the manhood which his prosperity has so nearly stolen, from him.—W. D, Howells.
I firmly believe that it is in keeping our honour spotless that we best, perform' our duty, both to ourselves and to otherp—of course, I mean honour in its purest and highest sense. Our chief business in this world is with ourselves :—“Keep yourselves unspotted from the world.” This, I know, is not at this time a fashionable doctrine. —J. 11. Shorthouse. -
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8187, 31 July 1912, Page 6
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