Every life a delight . es strange, butis never treacherous, and never forsakes man unless driven away. Truth is glorious. It is hoary with age, bright with youth,buoyant with strength, and serene with immortality. Truth is triumphant. It never knows defeat. It may beopposed but not deposed, cast down but not destroyed, cut topieces but not annihilated. Time is the best friend of truth, prejudice her greatestenemy, humility her most constant companion, and conceit hermost contemptible critic. Truth is a thing of life. It strengthens by being practices truth gains more truth. Truth i
Every life a delight . es strange, butis never treacherous, and never forsakes man unless driven away. Truth is glorious. It is hoary with age, bright with youth,buoyant with strength, and serene with immortality. Truth is triumphant. It never knows defeat. It may beopposed but not deposed, cast down but not destroyed, cut topieces but not annihilated. Time is the best friend of truth, prejudice her greatestenemy, humility her most constant companion, and conceit hermost contemptible critic. Truth is a thing of life. It strengthens by being practices truth gains more truth. Truth is sublime in itself. It needs no accretions. Theplainer it is, the greater its sublimity. Truth is independent. It is pleasant to have truth on ourside, but safer to be on the side of truth. Truth should be kept in view. It may lead away from mansfavor, but it is sure to conduct to Gods throne. Truth is a matter of the inward parts. It is the man thatspeaketh the truth in his heart that shall abide in the holyhill. 245. She Practiced What She Preached REV. DEBORAH TRUEHEART She faced a world of prejudice, and met with bitter scorn,As bravely she the gospel preached, and aided the forlorn;She married folks, and ministered to hearts bereaved by death;Consoled the sick and suffering een to their dying breath. Shes out of place, the critics said; no woman ought to preach,But all the same she preached the Word to all within her reach;She preached it publicly sometimes, and personally too;And practiced what she preached as well as any man could do. 246 Pleadings of the Heart Day after day, year after year, her calling she pursued;The most depraved and wickedest to Jesus Christ she wooed;She gained respect and love of all as to her motive pure,And kept attention pointed to Gods lasting moral cure. In course of time her lovely brow was crowned with snowy hair;Her beaming countenance betrayed a life-long load of care-,Yet on her lips the gospel tale was ever fresh and new,The dead line
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