It Is Not He Who Begins Well

Just As A Very Little Fresh Water Is Blown Away By A Storm Of Wind And Dust, In Like Manner The Good Deeds, That We Think We Do In This Life, Are Overwhelmed By The Multitude Of Evils.

Liberated From The Error Of Pagan Tradition Through The Benevolence And Loving Kindness Of The Good God With The Grace Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, And By The Operation Of The Holy Spirit, I Was Reared From The Very Beginning By Christian Parents. From Them I Learned Even In Babyhood The Holy Scriptures Which Led Me To A Knowledge Of The Truth.

What Is There Astonishing In The Death Of A Mortal? But We Are Grieved At His Dying Before His Time. Are We Sure That This Was Not His Time? We Do Not Know How To Pick And Choose What Is Good For Our Souls, Or How To Fix The Limits Of The Life Of Man.

All These Stupendous Objects Are Daily Around Us; But Because They Are Constantly Exposed To Our View, They Never Affect Our Minds, So Natural Is It For Us To Admire New, Rather Than Grand Objects. Therefore The Vast Multitude Of Stars Which Diversify The Beauty Of This Immense Body Does Not Call The People Together; But When Any Change Happens Therein, The Eyes Of All Are Fixed Upon The Heavens.

The Steam Of Meat Darkens The Light Of The Spirit...one Hardly Can Have Virtue When One Enjoys Meat Meals And Feasts.