SELECTED PARAGRAPHS

L. T. NICOLA

“LIVING to please God is the most important of all things to us, because nothing else can do so much for us.”GCB July 1, 1896, page 729.15

“There is danger, even in the Lord’s work, of being more taken up with the work than with the object the work is expected to accomplish - the salvation of souls.”GCB July 1, 1896, page 729.16

“Life, like war, is a series of mistakes; and he is not the best Christian, nor the best general, who makes the fewest false steps. He is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.”GCB July 1, 1896, page 729.17

“Tenderness does not mean weakness, softness, effeminateness. It is consistent with strength, manliness, truth, and bravery. It does not show itself alone in the touch, but in unselfishness, thoughtfulness, considerateness, forbearance, patience, long-suffering. You may not have much of this world’s wealth to distribute; but you may give something better, and spend a better and useful and beneficent life, if you will practice this lesson of shedding around you the grace of human tenderness, in word and act, and by the spirit of your life.”GCB July 1, 1896, page 729.18

“In speaking of cold-hearted Christians, a writer in an exchange compares them to a cheerless fire-place. We count that a poor fireplace which sends all its heat up the chimney, and throws none out into the room. But around a glowing hearth people love to gather. An open fireplace is almost a ‘means of grace,’ to the children of a family, in making home so attractive that they do not lust after other places of evening resort. What is true of the house is also true of the heart. A cold, cheerless religion attracts nobody, and wins no converts. One of the thousand strong arguments in favor of the religion of Jesus Christ, is that it has a perennial glow in it. It is warm with the warmth of divine love; it kindles with what the Bible calls ‘the joy of the Lord.’”GCB July 1, 1896, page 729.19