Character and Conduct – 6 January – A Symphony
TO live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; ….this is to be my symphony.
Character and Conduct – 5 January – The Power of the Holy Spirit
WE are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.
Character and Conduct – 4 January – Holiness
DO not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.
Character and Conduct – 3 January – A Noble Life
WHETHER a life is noble or ignoble depends not on the calling which is adopted, but on the spirit in which it is followed.
Character and Conduct – 2 January – Purpose
DO not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.
Character and Conduct – 1 January – New Year’s Day
Carry no bad habits, no corrupting associations, no enmities and strifes into this New Year. Leave these behind, and let the Dead Past bury its Dead; leave them behind, and thank God that you are able to leave them.
Being and Doing – 31 December – New Leaves
We may claim God’s good will in our hearts as ours, if we will lay aside the doing of our own wrong will.
Being and Doing – 30 December – New Leaves
…one of the best ways to look at God is to look at Him through man, and the work He does among the children of men, for there we see Him most variously and most infinitely.
Being and Doing – 29 December –New Leaves
My child, go, forward, abiding in faith, hope, and love, for lo, I am with you alway.
Being and Doing – 28 December – Inspiration
So, Lord, who erst didst stir with quickening power
My answering soul, achieve what Thou hast aimed;
Draw, for Thou hast drawn; hold, what Thou hast claimed;
Suffolk Vicar 