Precept & Practice – APRIL 19 – Self-conceit
The two great banes of humanity are self-conceit and the laziness coming from self-conceit.
Category: Growing in God
Precept & Practice – APRIL 18 – Self-will
A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will….
Precept & Practice – APRIL 17 – Love and Remorse
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious things we have,
Not knowing them, until we know their grave.
Precept & Practice – APRIL 15 – Repression
It comes far easier to scold our friend, in an angry moment, than to say how much we love, honour, and esteem him in a kindly mood.
Precept & Practice – APRIL 14 – Harmony
Christian simplicity should be our most beautiful adornment…..
Precept & Practice – APRIL 13 – A Centre of Deep Repose
our Lord thoroughly furnishes each of His soldiers for his work, and places before each the task he has to do.
Precept & Practice – APRIL 12 – Entertaining
…So people borrowed a little freshness from each other and got really something out of each other’s sphere and story.
Precept & Practice – APRIL 8 – Amenity
– alas, we have too little in our national character of the quality which this word expresses his inborn, his constant amenity.
Precept & Practice – APRIL 3 – Cordiality
we give nothing if we do not give love
Precept & Practice – APRIL 2 – The Little Rift within the Lute
It is the little rift within the lute,
That by and by will make the music mute,
And ever widening slowly silence alle
