I Had Rather Be In Hell With

Faith Is A Living, Daring Confidence In God's Grace, So Sure And Certain That A Man Would Stake His Life On It One Thousand Times. This Confidence In God's Grace And Knowledge Of It Makes Men Glad And Bold And Happy In Dealing With God And With All Creatures; And This Is The Work Of The Holy Ghost In Faith.

It Is Certainly True That Reason Is The Most Important And The Highest Rank Among All Things And, In Comparison With Other Things Of This Life, The Best And Something Divine. It Is The Inventor And Mentor Of All The Arts, Medicines, Laws, And Of Whatever Wisdom, Power, Virtue, And Glory Men Possess In This Life.

At Night Always Carry In Your Heart Something From Holy Scriptures To Bed With You, Meditate Upon It Like A Ruminant Animal, And Go Softly To Sleep; But This Must Not Be Too Much, Rather A Little That May Be Well Pondered And Understood, That You May Find A Remnant Of It In Your Mind When You Rise In The Morning.

Nothing Is More Sweet Than Harmony In Marriage, And Nothing More Distressing Than Dissension.

The Devil, The Originator Of Sorrowful Anxieties And Restless Troubles, Flees Before The Sound Of Music Almost As Much As Before The Word Of God....music Is A Gift And Grace Of God, Not An Invention Of Men. Thus It Drives Out The Devil And Makes People Cheerful. Then One Forgets All Wrath, Impurity, And Other Devices.