Said the Rev. W. J. Dawson: "I know in my own heart how soon the spirit
of devoutness fades when from any cause I am deprived of public worship
for any length of time. And when I see a youth to whom religious worship
has been the atmosphere of his childhood, gradually withdrawing himself
from the means of grace, I tremble for him, because I have seen what
that means. I can think of men whom I loved, and who now lead wretched
and degraded lives, and all their misery began when they forsook the
tabernacles of their God."
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
--_Proverbs xv, 1v._
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Call not that man wretched, who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child
to love.
--_Southey._
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A good life keeps off wrinkles.
--_German._
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What is writ, is writ--
Would it were worthier.
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