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Show SHORT SERMONS. Bright thoughts, clear deed3, constancy, con-stancy, beauty and generous honesty are the gems of noble minds. tC It is not the judgment of courts, but the moral judgment of individuals and masses of men, which la the chief wall of defense around property and life. tiZ 5 The two saddest secrets of the disease dis-ease which troubles the age in which we live are the' envious hatred of him who suffers want, and the selfish for-getfulness for-getfulness of him who lives in affluence. afflu-ence. , 5 5 Charity itself commands us, when we know no ill, to think well of all; but friendship, that always goes a pitch higher, gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. Truth is unchangeable. It never varies. A thing cannot be true today and false tomorrow. What is true at one time is always true. There is no progress in truth. Our perceptions of truth may become clearer and fuller, but the truth itself never changes never varies. & v The simplest soul, provided that It be virtuous, will find written even unto the heart of God this maxim of Christian Chris-tian perfection: "Blessed are the poor in spirit" . There is no sunshine for those who persist in keeping their shutters barred. Joy is not gained for the ask- ing for It, but only by the acting for it n |