Poor indeed is the man whose mind is not enriched by some phrase of lasting truth and beauty which serves to restore his soul in the exigencies of life. Each of us needs in his or her heart's treasury the memory of a lovely line to renew fellowship with the great and noble of this earth-and, indeed, almost as a great as the ability to write a line of strength is the ability to use that line to higher levels of emotion and achievement. To discover afresh in truth expressed with elemental force our eternal kingship with God is a universal urge. " Leaves of Gold" had its origin in the recognition of this impulse. From those who spoke with authority have been chosen words in which the word became flesh to dwell among us. Here are maxims, phrases, anecdotes, passages, proverbs and essays from the best minds among men; here are words of wisdom and thoughts of comfort for all mankind. Consolation is the objective of "Leaves of Gold."; to provide a key to things of the spirit as inspiration for daily living.
Thank you Ruth:" Rest in peace."
"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things of good report ...Think on these things."---Philippians: 4-8.
There is the explanation of what the home has always meant: for the home is the center of life
No mere residence of the body but the axis of the heart; the place where affections develop themselves, where children love and learn, where two toil together to make life a blessing.
"SERMONS WE SEE."
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day.
I'd rather one should walk with me
Than merely show me the way.
The eye's a better pupil and
more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear:
And the best of all the preachers are the ones who live their creeds.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true.
Edgar a. Guest
"Christianity."
Is not a voice in the wilderness, but a life in the world. it is not an idea in the air, but feet on the ground going God's way. it is not exotic to be kept under glass, but a hardy plant to bear twelve months of fruits in all kinds of weather. Fidelity to duty is its root and branch. Nothing we can say to the Lord. no calling him great or dear names, can take the place of the plain doing his will. We may cry out about the beauty of eating bread with him in the kingdom, but it is wasted breath and root less hope, unless we plow and plant in His kingdom here and now. To remember him at his table and to forget him at ours, is to have invested in bad securities. There is no substitute for plain, everyday goodness. Babcock.
"Persian Proverb"
He who knows not
And knows that he knows not
is a fool-shun him.
He who knows not
And knows that he knows not,
is a child teach him.
He who knows
And knows not that he knows
Is asleep-wake him.
He who knows
And knows that he knows,
is wise- follow him.
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"Joy cometh in the morning"
They are not long, the weeping, and the laughter
Love desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after we pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes within a dream. .. E. Dowson.
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"Broken hopes-"
As the tree is fertilized , by its own broken branches. and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. F.W. ROBERSON.
"The Rosary of My Tears."
Some RECKON THEIR AGE BY YEARS,
Some measure their life by art;
But some tell their days by the flow of their tears,
And their lives by the moans of their heart.
The dials of earth may show
The length, not the depth of years.
Few or many they come, few or many they Go.
But time is best measured by tears.
For the young are oft-times old,
Though their brows be bright and fair;
While their blood beats warm, their hearts are cold.
O'er them the spring-but winter is there.
And the old are of times young,
When their hair is thin and white;
And they sing in age, as in youth they
sung,
And they laugh for their cross was light.
But, bead by bead, I tell
The rosary of my years,
From a cross to a cross they lead;' tis well
And they blest with a blessing of tears.
Better a day of strife
Than a century of sleep.;
Give me instead of a long stream of life.
The tempests and tears of the deep.
A thousand joys may foam
On the billows of all the years;
But never the foam brings the lone back
Home;
It reaches the haven through tears. Abram J. Ryan
O world, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
And on the inward vision close the eyes.
But it is wisdom to believe the heart
Columbus found a world and had no chart.
save one that faith deciphered in the
skies.
To trust the soul's invincible surmise.
Was all the science and his only art
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
That lights the pathway but one step ahead
Across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine.
By which the mortal heart is led
Unto the thinking of the thought divine. George Santayana
'QUIETNESS'
"Be still and know that I am God"
That I who made and gave thee life
Will lead thy faltering steps aright;
That I who see each sparrow's fall
Will hear and heed thy earnest call.
I Am God.
"Be still and know that I am God
When aching burdens crush thy heart,
Then know I form thee for thy part And purpose in the plan I hold.
Trust in God.
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Be still and know that I am God.
Who made the atom's tiny span
And set it moving to my plan.
That I who guide the stars above
Will guide and keep thee in my love.
Be thou still. Doran
In spite of Dungeon, fire or Sword
I have loved justice; therefore have I borne
conflict and labor, plot and biting scorn.
Guardian of Faith, for Christ dear sake
would I
Suffer with gladness and in prison die. Pope Leo XIII.
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