"I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thous hast that is thine."
-MATT. xxv. 25
TIME was, I shrank from what was right,
From fear of what was wrong;
I would not brave the sacred fight,
Because the foe was strong.
But now I cast the finer sense
And sorer shame aside;
Such dread off sin was indolence,
Such aim at heaven was pride.
-J. H. NEWMAN
IF he falls into some error, he does not fret over it, but rising up with a humble spirit, he goes on his way anew rejoicing. Were he to fall a hundred times in the day, he would not despair, -he would rather cry out lovingly to God, appealing to His tender pity. The real devout man has a horror of evil, but he has a still greater love of what which is good; he is more set on doing what is right, than avoiding what is wrong. Generous, large-hearted, he is not afraid of danger in serving God, and would rather run the risk of doing His will imperfectly than not strive to serve Him lest he fail in the attempt.
-JEAN NICOLAS GROU
