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4-8; Acts 16:31; Heb. 11:23-26; Mark 11:22-23; Gal. 3:6-9; Luke 16:10. VIRTUE. Phil. 4:8; Josh. 1:6-9; 2 Tim 2:1-3; 1 John 2:13-14. KNOWLEDGE. John 17:3; 1 Cor. 3:16-17; Prov. 1:7; Isa. 11:1-2, 33, 6; Prov. 4:7-8; 3:16-17. TEMPERANCE. Gal. 5:22-24; 1 Cor. 8:13; 2 Peter 1:5-6; Gen. 2:16-17; Dan. 1:8; Thess. 5:22. PATIENCE. Luke 21:19; James 5:11; Heb. 10:35-36; 12:1-2. GODLINESS. 1 Tim. 4:8; 6:6-7; 3:16; Ec. 12:13-14. KINDNESS. Eph. 4:32; Luke 6:35; Ps. 103:2-4. CHARITY. 1 Cor. 13:4-8; 13:1-3; 2 Peter 1:5-8. SABBATH. Ex. 20:8-11; Mark 2:27-28; Ex. 31:13-17; Isa. 58:13-14; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 20, 24; Luke 4:16:18; Rev. 1:10. XXX MAXIMS AND SUGGESTIONS RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GOOD CHARACTER AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GOOD SUCCESS--NUGGETS FROM SHORT TALKS TO THE STUDENTS ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. "Precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Proverbs. Unstable as water thou shalt not excel. Jacob. Be gentle in manner, firm in principle, always conciliatory. Go forward; and if difficulties increase, go forward more earnestly. In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. Augustine. Find a way or make one, is excellent; but sometimes it needs to read, Find employment or make it. Whatever cannot be avoided must be endured. Endure hard things bravely. Patience and Perseverance will perform great wonders. Early to bed and early to rise will make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Ben Franklin. Whoever wins man's highest stature here below must grow, and never cease to grow--for when growth ceases, death begins. Alice Carey. "There is so much bad in the best of us, And so much good in the worst of us; It is hardly fair for any of us, To speak ill of the rest of us." If thou wouldst know the secret of a happy life, rise in the morn, with armor clasped about thee, for the day's long strife. "Thy duty do." The very angels then will stoop, when the night brings rest, to cradle thee in heavenly arms because thou didst thy best. Jennings. Bear and forbear are two good bears to have in every home, in order to keep peace in the family. Grin and bear it, is another good one. Impatience, scolding and fault-finding are three black bears, that make every one feel badly an
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