"Be patient, Be prayerful, Be humble, Be mild,
Be wise as a Solon, Be meek as a child.
"Be studious, Be thoughtful, Be loving, Be kind,
Be sure you make matter subservient to mind.
"Be cautious, Be prudent, Be trustful, Be true,
Be courteous to all men, Be friendly with few.
"Be temperate in argument, pleasure and wine,
Be careful of conduct, of money, of time.
"Be cheerful, Be grateful, Be hopeful, Be firm,
Be peaceful, benevolent, willing to learn;
"Be courageous, Be gentle Be liberal, Be just,
Be aspiring, Be humble, because you are dust.
"Be penitent, circumspect, sound in the faith,
Be active, devoted; Be faithful to death.
"Be honest, Be holy, transparent and pure;
Be dependent, Be Christ-like and you'll be secure."
Here is a swarm of between forty and fifty bees. The religion of
Jesus will help us to make these all our own. How great then must the
value of religion be! Surely it is worth while for each of us to try
and secure it!
I think I never saw a better view of the value of religion than is
seen in the following statement of what it does for us. I know not by
whom it was written, but it is put in the form of that sacred sign to
which we owe all the blessings of salvation--the sign of