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We
all know the importance of example. Who has not felt the power of
simple, unaffected, consistent piety? "Ye are my witnesses," says
the Savior. How simple and energetic was the faith of those apostolic
men!…it was their motto, "First a Christian, and then a man"…living
epistles are known and read of all men." Faith, assurance, orthodoxy,
spirituality. Very well. Those around us, however, do not comprehend
these things. But they do comprehend honesty and purity, and disinterestedness,
and truth and charity. And it is by these virtues that our light is
so to shine, "That men, seeing our good works, may glorify our Father
who is in heaven."
May we ever feel that the eyes of God and of the whole world, are
upon us! |