Levels of Living - Essays on Everyday Ideals by Henry Frederick Cope
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transforms individual character, to know that He is by my side; this it
is that solves our problems, to see Him linking my fellow to me; this it is that gives strength, to hear His voice; this it is that gives hope, to know He is working with us; this it is that makes burdens bearable, to know that He is sympathetic and strong. This one in the midst explains suffering, inspires heroism, is the promise and the potency of all the possibilities of the sons of men. III The Sovereignty of Service _Self and Service_ _My Soul or My Service_ _The Satisfaction of Service_ _The fruits of sacrifice become the roots of love._ _A tin halo makes a fine trap for a man to tangle himself in._ _It takes the base line of two worlds to get a correct elevation of any life._ _Life is always a dull grind to the man who thinks only of the grist._ _Knocking the saints will not open the doors of paradise._ |
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