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The Power of Kindness Pro_25:15 : ’93A soft tongue breaketh the bone.’94 When Solomon said this he drove a whole volume into one phrase. You, of course, will not be so silly as to take the words of my text in a literal sense. They simply mean to set forth the fact that there is … Continue reading “238. The Power of Kindness”

Rulers Pro_29:2 : ’93When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked heareth rule, the people mourn.’94 Ecc_10:16 : ’93Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning.’94 The morals of a nation seldom rise higher than the virtue of the rulers. … Continue reading “239. Rulers”

Astray: How to Get Back Pro_23:35 : ’93When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.’94 With an insight into human nature such as no other man ever reached, Solomon, in my text, sketches the mental operations of one who, having stepped aside from the path of rectitude, desires to return. With a wish … Continue reading “237. Astray: How to Get Back”

Buyers and Sellers Pro_20:14 : ’93It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.’94 Palaces are not such prisons as the world imagines. If you think that the only time kings and queens come forth from the royal gates is in procession and gorgeously attended, … Continue reading “235. Buyers and Sellers”

Doings in Wall Street Pro_23:5 : ’93Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.’94 Money is a golden-breasted bird with silver beak. It alights on the office-desk, or in the counting-room, or on the parlor center-table. Men and women stand and admire it. They do not notice that it has … Continue reading “236. Doings in Wall Street”

Women of America Pro_14:1 : ’93Every wise woman buildeth her house.’94 Woman a mere adjunct to man, an appendix to the masculine volume, an appendage, a sort of afterthought, something thrown in to make things even’97that is the heresy entertained and implied by some men. Woman’92s insignificance, as compared to man, is evident to them, … Continue reading “233. Women of America”

How to Make Friends Pro_18:24 : ’93A man that hath friends must show himself friendly.’94 About the sacred and divine art of making and keeping friends I speak’97a subject on which I never heard of any one preaching’97and yet God thought it of enough importance to put it in the middle of the Bible, these … Continue reading “234. How to Make Friends”

Good Game Wasted Pro_12:27 : ’93The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting.’94 David and Jeremiah and Ezekiel and Micha, and Solomon of the text showed that some time they had been out on a hunting expedition. Spears, lances, sword and nets were employed in this service. A deep pitfall would be … Continue reading “231. Good Game Wasted”

Ruinous Company Pro_13:20 : ’93A companion of fools shall be destroyed.’94 ’93May it please the Court,’94 said a convicted criminal, when asked if he had anything to say before sentence of death should be passed upon him, ’93may it please the Court, bad company has been my ruin. I received the blessings of good parents, … Continue reading “232. Ruinous Company”

Treatment of Parents Pro_10:1 : ’93A foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.’94 All parents want their children to turn out well. However poorly father and mother may have done themselves, they want their sons and daughters to do splendidly. Up to forty years of age parents may have ambitions for themselves, after that … Continue reading “229. Treatment of Parents”