The Habit of Self Denial
January 21.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall: but
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; theyshall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk and not faint.
ISAIAH 40, verses 30 and 31.
Lord, with what courage and delight I do each thing,
When Thy least breath sustains my wing!
I shine and move
Like those above,
And, with much gladness
Quitting sadness,
Make me fair days of every night.
H. VAUGHAN.
Man, by living wholly in submission to the
Divine Influence, becomes surrounded with,
and creates for himself, internal pleasures
infinitely greater than any he can otherwise
attain to--a state of heavenly Beatitude.
J. P. GREAVES.
By persisting in a habit of self-denial, we shall,
beyond what I can express, increase the inward
powers of the mind, and shall produce that
cheerfulness and greatness of spirit as will fit
us for all good purposes; and shall not have lost
pleasure, but changed it; the soul being then
filled with its own intrinsic pleasures.
HENRY MORE.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall: but
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength; theyshall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk and not faint.
ISAIAH 40, verses 30 and 31.
Lord, with what courage and delight I do each thing,
When Thy least breath sustains my wing!
I shine and move
Like those above,
And, with much gladness
Quitting sadness,
Make me fair days of every night.
H. VAUGHAN.
Man, by living wholly in submission to the
Divine Influence, becomes surrounded with,
and creates for himself, internal pleasures
infinitely greater than any he can otherwise
attain to--a state of heavenly Beatitude.
J. P. GREAVES.
By persisting in a habit of self-denial, we shall,
beyond what I can express, increase the inward
powers of the mind, and shall produce that
cheerfulness and greatness of spirit as will fit
us for all good purposes; and shall not have lost
pleasure, but changed it; the soul being then
filled with its own intrinsic pleasures.
HENRY MORE.