Character and Conduct – 10 May – The Spectrum of Love
THE spectrum of Love has nine ingredients:-
Patience – ‘Love suffereth long.’
Kindness – ‘ And is kind.’
Generosity – ‘ Love envieth not.’
Humility – ‘Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.’
Courtesy – ‘Doth not behave itself unseemly.’
Unselfishness – ‘ Seeketh not her own.’
Good Temper – ‘Is not easily provoked.’
Guilelessness – ‘Thinketh no evil.’
Sincerity – ‘Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.’
Patience; kindness; generosity; humility; courtesy; unselfishness; good temper; guilelessness; sincerity – these make up the supreme gift, the stature of the perfect man. You will observe that all are in relation to men, in relation to life, in relation to the known to-day and the near to-morrow, and not to the unknown eternity. We hear much of love to God; Christ spoke much of love to man. We make a great deal of peace with heaven; Christ made much of peace on earth. Religion is not a strange or added thing, but the inspiration of the secular life, the breathing of an eternal spirit through this temporal world. The supreme thing, in short, is not a thing at all, but the giving of a further finish to the multitudinous words and acts which make up the sum of every common day.
The Greatest Thing in the World, HENRY DRUMMOND
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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.
Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume
In her preface Whishaw writes:
‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’
It is my hope in publishing the her readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.
Suffolk Vicar 