When I Was A Child There Were

Temptations, Of Course, Cannot Be Avoided, But Because We Cannot Prevent The Birds From Flying Over Our Heads, There Is No Need That We Should Let Them Nest In Our Hair.

Those With Prodigious Skill In Music Are Better Suited For All Things.

God Delights In Our Temptations And Yet Hates Them. He Delights In Them When They Drive Us To Prayer; He Hates Them When They Drive Us To Despair.

Those Who Lapse From The Gospel To The Law Are No Better Off Than Those Who Lapse From Grace To Idolatry.

Therefore, Is Thy Brother A Sinner? Then Cover His Sin And Pray For Him. Dost Thou Publish His Sins, Then Truly Thou Art Not A Child Of Your Merciful Father; For Otherwise Thou Wouldst Be Also As He, Merciful. It Is Certainly True That We Cannot Show As Great Mercy To Our Neighbor, As God Has To Us; But It Is The True Work Of The Devil That We Do The Very Opposite Of Mercy, Which Is A Sure Sign That There Is Not A Grain Of Mercy In Us.