Brethren at Work, The (1881) . enot better than we are—because we do notreally want to be better; bat unfortunately,most people do not like to own to it, as the lit-tle boy did. HAVE PATIENCE. DO yon know how many years of your lifeand happiness are mortgaged by the hab-it of worrying? And after all what does itaccomplish? How does it help you on? Howmuch strength does it bring to you in your la-bors and exertion? A ruffled temper all thetime throws to the surface the mire and dirt ofones nature; it does not combine the best ele-ments and help them to work together to thebest advantage, but on
Brethren at Work, The (1881) . enot better than we are—because we do notreally want to be better; bat unfortunately,most people do not like to own to it, as the lit-tle boy did. HAVE PATIENCE. DO yon know how many years of your lifeand happiness are mortgaged by the hab-it of worrying? And after all what does itaccomplish? How does it help you on? Howmuch strength does it bring to you in your la-bors and exertion? A ruffled temper all thetime throws to the surface the mire and dirt ofones nature; it does not combine the best ele-ments and help them to work together to thebest advantage, but only the worst, and givesthem alone all the chance. NO DISCRIMINATION. IN the time of the destruction of Noahs ark,we find the pauper out of the ark perishedas well as the prince; so that the poor man outof Jesus is no more safe than the rich, and it isa mistaken idea some have, that God will havemercy on them because of their sufferings. Hewill do no such thing, unless you suffer forChrists sake. THE BRETECHEnsr ^T W^OKK. 487. MABY C. NORMAN. SHABON, MINN, A WIFES POWER. i^FHE power of a wife for good or evil is ir-X resistable. Home must be the seat ofhappiness or it must be unknown forever. Agood wife is to a man wisdom aEd courage,3tr^ngth and endurance. A bad one is confus-ion, weakness, discomfiture and despair. Nocondition is hopeless whfre the wife possessesfirmness, decision, and economy. Tbere is nooutward prosperity which can counteract indo-lence, extravagance, and folly at home. Nospirit can endure bad domestic inflaence. Manis strong, but his heart is not adamant. Hedelights in enterprise and action; to sustainhim he needs a tranquil mind and a wholeheart. He needs moral force in the conflictsof the world. To recover his equanimity andcomposure, home must be a place of repose,cheerfulness, peace, comfort; and his soul re-news its strength again, and goes forth withfresh vigor to encounter the trouble and laborof life. Bat if at home he fiodj no rest, and isthere m
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