Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy HardyThe Conscience is a clock which, in one. man, strikea aloud and $ives warning; in another, the hand points silently to the figure, but strikes not. Meantime, hours pass away, and death hastens, and after death comes judgment,-;.
God is everywhere present by His power. He rolls the orbs of heaven with His hand : He fixes the earth with His foot ; He guides all creatures with His eye. and refreshes them with His influence ; He makes the powers of hell to shake with His terrors, and binds the devils with His word.
God is pleased with no music below so much as the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans ; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.
Hope is like the wing of an angel, soaring up to heaven, and bearing onr prayers to the throne of God.
Humility is like a tree, whose root when it sets deepest in the earth rises higher, and spreads fairer and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every step of its descent is like a rib of iron.
Lust is a captivity of the reason and an enraging of the passions. It hinders business and distracts counsel. It sins against the body and weakens the soul.
Marriage is like the witness protection program: you get all new clothes. you live in the suburbs and you're not allowed to see your friends anymore.
Meditation is the tongue of the sonl and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty ; and according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit.
Nudism is like doing amateur dramatics: those who are most enthusiastic are those who should do it least.
