Dec 14, 2023
"True Religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers. It appeals to what is in nature, and it falls under the dominion of the old Adam. Then, like dethroned princes, it keeps up a state...
Nov 15, 2023
"Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily... If you do all in God's name, all you do will be well done."
Part 3
(00:38) Chapter 23—The Practice of Bodily Mortification
(11:15) Chapter 24—Society and Solitude
(16:40) Chapter 25—Modesty in Dress
(20:36) Chapter...
Oct 20, 2023
Oct 4, 2023
"If then the intellect is so excellent a portion of us, and its cultivation so excellent, it is not only beautiful, perfect, admirable, and noble in itself, but in a true and high sense it must be useful to the possessor and to all around him; not useful in any low, mechanical, mercantile sense, but as diffusing good,...
Sep 13, 2023
"In the world those who aim at a devout life require to be united one with another by a holy friendship, which excites, stimulates, and encourages them in well-doing."
Part 3
(00:39) Chapter 11 - Obedience
(06:04) Chapter 12 - Purity
(09:26) Chapter 13 - How to Maintain Purity
(13:09) Chapter 14 - Poverty of Spirit amid...