Flashlights from Holy Writ
Daily Helps for Daily Needs
First Day
BUT one thing is necessary (Luke x. 42). What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark viii) .
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that love Him (Cor. ii. 9).
Second Day
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. Be not therefore solicitous for to-morrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. If the grass of the field which is to-day — and to-morrow is cast into the oven — God doth so clothe: how much more you, 0 ye of little faith? Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. vii).
If God be for us, who is against us? (Rom. viii. 31).
He that feareth man shall quickly fall; he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high (Prov. xxix. 25).
Who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good? (Pet. iii. 13).
Take courage and be strong; fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things (Jos. i. 9).
He will overshadow thee with His shoulders: and under His wings thou shalt trust (Ps. xl).
I have put my trust in Thee, O Lord; I said: Thou art my God: my lots are in Thy hands (Ps. xxx).
The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall want nothing. Though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils; for Thou (O Lord) art with me. And Thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life (Ps. xxii) .
Third Day
LORD, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle? Or who shall rest in Thy holy hill? He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice.
He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue; nor hath done evil to his neighbor. He that sweareth to his neighbor and deceiveth not; he that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved forever (Ps. xiv).
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord (Ps. cxviii. i).
Venerable old age is not that of long time — nor counted by the number of years ... a spotless life is old age (Wisd. iv. 8, 9).
My son, give me thy heart; and let thy eyes keep my ways (Prov. xxiii. 26).
Blessed are the clean of heart for they shall see God (Matt. V. 8).
Fourth Day
A JOYFUL mind maketh age flourishing; a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones. Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife (Prov. xvii).
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice (Phil. iv. 4).
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; instant in prayer (Rom. xii. 12).
Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times (Ecclus. xxvi. 4).
The joyfulness of the heart is the life of a man, and a never-failing treasure of holiness; and the joy of a man is length of life.
Have pity on thy own soul — pleasing God — and contain thyself; gather up thy heart in His holiness; and drive away sadness far from thee (Ecclus. xxx. 23, 24).
Fifth Day
THE fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity (Gal. v. 22).
You shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour's fountains (Is. xii. 3).
My son, keep thy soul in meekness (Ecclus. x. 31).
In your patience, you shall possess your souls (Luke xxi. 19).
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ (Gal. vi. 2).
As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace, so the Lord trieth the hearts (Prov. xvii) .
And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good (Rom. viii. 28).
Sixth Day
According to Him, that hath called you. Who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy, because it is written: You shall he holy, for I am holy; and if you invoke as Father Him Who without respect of persons judgeth according to every one's work, converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here. Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly (i Pet. i. 15-22).
Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself (Matt. xxii. 36-39).
Seventh Day
Charity is patient, is kind. Charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never falleth away (i Cor. xiii. 4-8).
I say to you: Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you; and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you, that you may be the children of your Father Who is in heaven.. Who maketh His sun to rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the just and unjust (Matt. v. 44, 45).
If you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences (Matt. vi. 14, 15).
If you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? Do not even the publicans this? And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? Do not also the heathens this? Be you, therefore, perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect (Matt. V. 46-48).
Eighth Day
IT is appointed unto men once to die — and after this the judgment! (Heb. ix. 27).
Now the sting of death is sin (i Cor. xv. 56).
In all thy works, remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin (Ecclus. vii. 40).
Ninth Day
I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; for their works follow them (Apoc. xiv. 13).
Remember thy last things, and let enmity cease (Ecclus. xxviii. 6).
Remember my judgment; for thine also shall be so: yesterday for me, and to-day for thee (Ecclus. xxxviii. 23).
What things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. In doing good let us not fail; for in due time we shall reap, not failing (Gal. vi. 8, 9).
The King answering, shall say to them: Amen, I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these. My least brethren, you did it to Me (Matt. xxv. 40).
And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment (John v. 29).
Tenth Day
BLESSED be the God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His great mercy, hath regenerated us into a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Unto an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that cannot fade — reserved in heaven for you (i Pet. i. 3, 4).
Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God . . . The dwelling in thee is, as it were, of all rejoicing (Ps. lxxxvi. 3, 7).
He shall cast death down headlong forever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face (Is. XXV. 8).
They shall be inebriated with the plenty of Thy house; Thou (O Lord God) shalt make them drink of the torrent of Thy pleasure (Ps. xxxv. 9).
Eleventh Day
IF thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter lame into life everlasting, than having two feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire: where their worm dieth not (Mark ix. 44).
Labor not for the meat which perisheth but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you (John vi. 27).
Everyone that strive the for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things; and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one (i Cor. ix. 25).
Humble thy spirit very much; for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms (Ecclus. vii. 19).
Twelfth Day
My son, prove thy soul in thy life; and if it be wicked, give it no power (Ecclus. xxxvii. 30). The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit (better) than he that taketh cities (Prov. xvi. 32).
They that are Christ's have crucified their flesh with the vices and concupiscences (Gal. v. 24).
Jesus said to His disciples: If any man will come after Me let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me (Matt. xxiv).
Thirteenth Day
Learn of Me, for I am meek and humble of Heart; and you shall find rest for your souls (Matt, xi. 29).
My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men. The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God: for great is the power of God alone, and He is honored by the humble (Ecclus. iii. 19-21).
Jesus said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater exercise power upon them. It shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister: And he that will be first among you shall be your servant. Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a redemption for many (Matt. XX. 25-28).
You call me Master and Lord; and you say well, for so I am. If, then, I being your Lord and Master have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done, so you do also (John xiii. 13-15).
Fourteenth Day
THE Lord will reward me according to my justice, and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands (Ps. xvii. 21).
Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you (Heb. xiii. i).
And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity, and to good works (Heb. x. 24).
But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ (Rom. xiv. 10).
Everyone shall help his neighbor, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage (Is. xli. 6).
Fifteenth Day
The beginning of a good way is to do justice (Prov. xvi. 5).
The Lord is only for them that wait upon Him in the way of truth and justice (Ecclus. xl. 12).
Pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness (i Tim. vi. 9).
Sixteenth Day
Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad (Prov. xii. 25).
Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy (Matt. v. 7).
Be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ (Eph. iv. 32).
Seventeenth Day
My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest anything, add not grief by an evil word. Shall not the dew assuage the heat?
So also the good word is better than the gift. Lo, is not a good word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man (Ecclus. xviii. 15-17).
All things, therefore, whatsoever you would that men should do to you — do you also to them (Matt. vii. 12).
Eighteenth Day
Judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment (James ii. 13).
Whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple. Amen, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward (Matt. x. 42).
God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation. And He is a protector of all that seek Him in truth (Ecclus. ii. 13).
Nineteenth Day
PRAISE ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: Sing ye to His name, for it is sweet (Ps. cxxxiv. 3).
Glory ye in His holy name (Ps. civ. 3).
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain (Ex. xx. 7).
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Ps. cxxiii. 8).
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just runneth to it and shall be exalted (Prov. xviii. 10).
And it shall come to pass that everyone that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Joel ii. 33).
Twentieth Day
Fight the good fight of faith (i Tim. vi. i).
But he that shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father Who is in heaven (Matt. X. 33).
Who art thou that thou shouldst be afraid of mortal man, who shall wither away like grass? (Is. li. 12).
Behold, I command thee, take courage and be strong; fear not, and be not dismayed; because the Lord thy God is with thee in all things (Jos. i. 9).
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in Him will I put my trust (Ps. xvii. 2, 3).
Twenty-first Day
If a man love justice, his labors have great virtues; for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life (Wisd. viii. 7).
Get wisdom because it is better than gold; and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver (Prov. xvi. 16).
In the multitude of words, there shall not want sin; but he that refraineth his lips is most wise (Prov. xi. 9).
A mild answer breaketh wrath; but a harsh word stirreth up fury (Prov. xv. i).
Twenty-second Day
Be sober (i Pet. v. 8).
Take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness (Luke xxi. 34).
Drunkards shall not possess the Kingdom of God (Cor. vi. 10).
Exceed not. and if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first. How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught (Ecclus. xxvi. 20. 22).
Refrain yourselves from carnal desires, which war against the soul (i Pet. ii. 11).
Keep thyself chaste (1 Tim. v. 22).
For this is the will of God — your sanctification (i Thess. iv. 3).
Twenty-third Day
The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God; for great is the power of God alone, and He is honored by the humble (Ecclus. iii. 20. 21).
Take all that shall be brought upon thee; and in thy sorrow endure: and in thy humiliation keep patience. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation (Ecclus. ii. 4, 5).
Twenty-fourth Day
Patience hath a perfect work; that you may be perfect and entire — failing in nothing (James i. 4).
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any fault, you who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted (Gal. vi. i).
Do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men (Ecclus. iii. 19).
Twenty-fifth Day
So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in heaven (Matt. v. 16).
Therefore, let us follow after the things that are of peace, and keep the things that are of edification — one toward another (Rom. xiv. 19).
Let your modesty be known to all men (Phil. iv. 5).
Twenty-sixth Day
NEVER suffer pride to reign in thy mind or in thy words; for from it all perdition took its beginning (Tob. iv. 14).
The foolish things of the world hath God chosen that He may confound the wise (i Cor. i. 27).
Pride is hateful before God and men (Ecclus. x. 7).
Twenty-seventh Day
BE angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your anger (Eph. iv. 26, 31).
Envy and anger shorten a man's days (Ecclus. iv. 35).
Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee (Ecclus. iv. 35).
Be not quickly angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool (Eccles. vii. 10).
Twenty-eighth Day
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart; it shall give joy and gladness (Ecclus. i. 18).
The heart of fools is in their mouth; and the mouth of wise men is in their heart (Ecclus, xxiii. 17).
Godliness with contentment is great gain. Having food, and wherewith to be covered — with these we are content (1 Tim. vi. 6, 8).
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content (Prov. xv. 16).
Twenty-ninth Day
AMEN, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it you (John xvi. 23). I can do all things in Him Who strengtheneth me (Phil. iv. 13). The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him; to all that call upon Him in truth. He will do the will of them that fear Him, and He will hear their prayer and save them (Ps. cxliv. 18, 19). "By prayer," says St. Bonaventure, "is obtained the possession of every good, and deliverance from every evil."
He hath regard to the prayer of the humble (Ps. ci. 18). God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble (James iv. 6). The prayer of him that humbleth himself shall pierce the clouds; . . . and he will not depart till the Most High behold (Ecclus. XXXV. 21). A contrite and humble heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise (Ps. l. 19). Thou Who savest them that trust in Thee (Ibid. xvi. 7). Because he hath hoped in Me, ... I will deliver him and I will glorify him (Ibid. xc. 14, 15). But they that hope in the Lord, shall renew their strength (Is. xl. 31). No one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded (Ecclus. ii. ii). They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion (Ps. cxxiv. i). Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in Thee (Ps. xxxii. 22).
Thirtieth Day
LET love be without dissimulation, hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good (Rom. xii. 9). Be not wise in your own conceit. If it be possible, as much as in you, have peace with all men (Rom. xii. 16, 18).
With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence His priests. Before thou inquire, blame no man; and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. Stretch i out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected. Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich. Believe not every word. There is one that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue?
Gold is a stumbling block to them that sacrifice to it; woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it. Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin (Ecclus.).
Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth forever (John ii. 15, 17).
Thirty-first Day
WHATSOEVER thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly (Eccles. ix. 10).
He hath done all things well (Mark vii. 37).
Not serving to the eye as it were pleasing to men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God (Eph. vi. 7).
Whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do: do all things for the glory of God (i Cor. x. 31).
Whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Col. iii. 17).
Now to the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen (i Tim. i. 17).
When the Journey of Life is O'er
Lord, when the journey of life is o'er,
And I lie on my bed of pain,
Oh grant that my spirit a solace may find
In the sound of Thy blessed name.
And when the vision of earth grows dim,
And the darkness of death is nigh,
O Lord, wilt Thou send an angel to me
With light from Thy home on high?
When closed are my ears to all earthly sounds,
And they hear not word nor prayer,
O Lord, wilt Thou open Thy Heart to me,
And give me a shelter there?
When wrenched at length are all earthly ties,
And I part from this body of sin,
Dear Lord, when I knock at the heavenly gate,
Wilt Thou bid me enter in?
And when my trembling spirit shall stand
At the dreaded judgment seat,
O Lord, wilt Thou let me bend to kiss
The wounds of Thy sacred feet?
Just for To-Day
Lord, for to-morrow and its needs
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for to-day.
Let me both diligently work
And duly pray;
Let me be kind in word and deed
Just for to-day.
Let me be slow to do my will,
Prompt to obey;
Help me to mortify my flesh
Just for to-day.
Let me no wrong or idle word,
Unthinking, say;
Set Thou a seal upon my lips
Just for to-day.
Let me in season. Lord, be grave.
In season gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy grace
Just for to-day.
And if to-day my tide of life
Should ebb away,
Give me Thy sacraments divine.
Dear Lord, to-day.
In Purgatory's cleansing fires
Brief be my stay;
Oh, bid me, if to-day I die.
Go home to-day.
So, for to-morrow and its needs
I do not pray;
But keep me. guide me, love me. Lord,
Just for to-day.
One Little Secret of a Happy Life
One secret of a sweet and happy Christian life is learning to live by the day. It is the long stretches that tire us. We think of life as a whole, running on for us. We can not carry this load until we are threescore and ten. We can not fight this battle continually for half a century. But really there are no long stretches. Life does not come to us all at one time; it comes only a day at a time. Even to-morrow is never ours until it becomes to-day. and we have nothing whatever to do with it but to pass down to it a fair and good inheritance in to-day's work well done, and to-day's life well lived.
It is a blessed secret this, of living by the day. Any one can carry his burden, however heavy, till nightfall. Any one can do his work, however hard, for one day. Any one can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all life ever means to us — just one little day. "Do to-day's duty; fight to-day's temptations, and do not weaken or distract yourself by looking forward to things you can not see, and could not understand if you saw them." God gives us nights to shut down upon our little days. We can not see beyond. Short horizons make life easier and give us one of the blessed secrets of brave, true, holy living.
Jesu Decus Angelicum
O Jesus! Thou the beauty art
Of angel worlds above;
Thy name is music to the heart.
Enchanting it with love.
So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Angels
Kind Angel Guardian, thanks to thee
For thy so watchful care of me;
Oh, lead me still in ways of truth.
Dear guide of childhood and of youth.
Kind Angel Guardian, let my tears
Implore thee too for riper years;
Oh, keep me safe in wisdom's way,
And bring me back if I should stray.
When angry passions fill my soul,
Subdue them to thy meek control;
Through good and ill, oh, ever be
A guide, a guard, a friend to me.
And when death's hand shall seal mine eyes,
Oh, bear my spirit to the skies.
And teach me there my voice to raise
In hymns of never-ending praise.
Guardian Angel Hymn
Dear Angel! ever at my side,
How loving must thou be.
To leave thy home in Heaven to guard
A sinful child like me.
Thy beautiful and shining face
I see not, though so near;
The sweetness of thy soft low voice
I am too deaf to hear.
But I have felt thee in my thoughts
Fighting with sin for me;
And when my heart loves God, I know
The sweetness is from thee.
And when, dear Spirit! I kneel down
Morning and night to prayer.
Something there is within my heart
Which tells me thou art there.
Yes! when I pray thou prayest too,
Thy prayer is all for me;
But when I sleep, thou sleepest not,
But watchest patiently.
Then, for thy sake, dear Angel! now
More humble will I be:
But I am weak, and when I fall,
Oh, weary not of me!
Oh, weary not, but love me still.
For Mary's sake, thy Queen;
She never tired of me, though I
Her worst of sons have been.
Then love me, love me. Angel dear!
And I will love thee more;
And help me when my soul is cast
Upon the eternal shore.
O Paradise! O Paradise!
O Paradise! O Paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land,
Where they that loved are blest;
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through,
In God's most holy sight?
O Paradise! O Paradise!
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold?
O Paradise! O Paradise!
Wherefore doth death delay,
Bright death, that is the welcome dawn
Of our eternal day.
O Paradise! O Paradise!
'Tis weary waiting here;
I long to be where Jesus is.
To feel, to see Him near.
O Paradise! O Paradise!
I want to sin no more;
I want to be as pure on earth
As on thy spotless shore.
O Paradise! O Paradise!
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
Is destining for me.
O Paradise! O Paradise!
I feel 'twill not be long;
Patience! I almost think I hear
Faint fragments of thy song;
Where loyal hearts, and true.
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture through and through.
In God's most holy sight.
— Father Faber.
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
HOLY God, we praise Thy name!
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim.
All in heav'n above adore Thee:
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.
Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising!
Cherubim and seraphim
In unceasing chorus praising,
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy! holy! holy Lord!
Lo! the apostolic train
Join Thy sacred name to hallow!
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white-robed martyrs follow;
And from morn till set of sun.
Through the Church, the song goes on.
Holy Father, holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee,
While in essence only One,
Undivided God, we claim Thee,
And adoring bend the knee.
While we own the mystery.
Thou art King of Glory, Christ!
Son of God, yet born of Mary,
For us sinners sacrificed,
And to death a tributary:
First to break the bars of death.
Thou hast opened heaven to faith.
Reflections
This is the will of God — your sanctification (i Thess. iv. 3).
What things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap (Gal. vi. 8).
The fashion of this world passeth away (i Cor. vii. 31). What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark vii. 36).
In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin (Eccles. vii. 40).
My son, forget not My law, and let thy heart keep My commandments; for they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace (Prov. iii. i).
The path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forward and increaseth even to perfect day (Prov. iv. 18).
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (i Cor. xv. 58).
He that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved (Matt. xxiv. 13).
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile (Ps. xxxi. 2).
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord (Ps. cxviii. i).
For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years: but the understanding of a man is gray hairs. And a spotless life is old age (Wis. iv. 8, 9).
With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man, thou wilt be innocent (Ps. xvii. 26).
Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle? Or who shall rest in Thy holy hill? He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice; He that speaketh truth in his heart; who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbor (Ps. xiv. 1-4).
We have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come (Heb. xiii. 14).
Lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven! (Matt. vi. 20).
Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life, whereunto Thou art called (i Tim. vi. 12).
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God hath prepared for them that love Him (i Cor. ii. 9).
Unto the King, eternal, immortal and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen (i Tim. 1. 17).