Advice From Harriet Beecher Stowe
November 19.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
JAMES 1, verse 26.
I said, I will take heed to my ways,
that I sin not with my tongue.
PSALM 39, verse 1.
No sinful word, nor deed of wrong,
Nor thoughts that idly rove;
But simple truth be on our tongue,
And in our hearts be love.
ST. AMBROSE.
Let us all resolve--
First, to attain the grace of SILENCE;
Second, to deem all FAULT-FINDING
that does no good a SIN, and to resolve--
when we are happy ourselves, not to
poison the atmosphere for our neighbors
by calling on them to remark every painful
and disagreeable feature of their daily life;
Third, to practise the grace and
virtue of PRAISE.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Surrounded by those who constantly exhibit
defects of character and conduct, if we yield
to a complaining and impatient spirit, we
shall mar our own peace without having the
satisfaction of benefiting others.
T. C. UPHAM.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
JAMES 1, verse 26.
I said, I will take heed to my ways,
that I sin not with my tongue.
PSALM 39, verse 1.
No sinful word, nor deed of wrong,
Nor thoughts that idly rove;
But simple truth be on our tongue,
And in our hearts be love.
ST. AMBROSE.
Let us all resolve--
First, to attain the grace of SILENCE;
Second, to deem all FAULT-FINDING
that does no good a SIN, and to resolve--
when we are happy ourselves, not to
poison the atmosphere for our neighbors
by calling on them to remark every painful
and disagreeable feature of their daily life;
Third, to practise the grace and
virtue of PRAISE.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Surrounded by those who constantly exhibit
defects of character and conduct, if we yield
to a complaining and impatient spirit, we
shall mar our own peace without having the
satisfaction of benefiting others.
T. C. UPHAM.