LITTLE THINGS BY Charles Robert Morrison
A little child was born and laid in a manger, in a little Judean town--and the whole world swung toward the light. It is God's plan to use little things, in the creation of greatness. 1. Little Things that Make for Destiny 2. Little Things that Make for Character 3. Little Things that Make for Happiness 4. Little Things that Make for Wealth 5. Little Things that Make for Health 6. Little Things that Make for Education 7. Possibility of Good from Things Apparently Evil 8. Possibility of Evil from Things Apparently Good 9. Lessons Learned Too Late
A little child was born and laid in a manger, in a little Judean town--and the whole world swung toward the light.
It is God's plan to use little things, in the creation of greatness.
1. Little Things that Make for Destiny
2. Little Things that Make for Character
3. Little Things that Make for Happiness
4. Little Things that Make for Wealth
5. Little Things that Make for Health
6. Little Things that Make for Education
7. Possibility of Good from Things Apparently Evil
8. Possibility of Evil from Things Apparently Good
9. Lessons Learned Too Late
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the winds the seeds of the thistle, but impossible to gather up again all<br />
these germs of an evil crop.<br />
The cultivation of a gracious spirit goes far toward abating the strife<br />
and contention of the world. Grievous words stir up strife. One is not a<br />
hypocrite because he hesitates to say all that might be said upon every<br />
occasion; for silence, at times, is golden. The least said--the sooner<br />
mended. To be able to refrain from harsh and unkind criticism, is far<br />
easier than to attempt the recall or secure the forgiveness for saying<br />
what ought not to have been spoken. Seal your lips, if poison is on your<br />
tongue. Put a guard over your words, lest they lead you a sad chase. Learn<br />
to sweeten your spirit, if you would master your speech.<br />
Who has not lost much out of life--a loss beyond recovery--by the<br />
churlish action of the ungracious soul? Friends become few, enemies<br />
multiply, when there is no honey in the tongue, and only a sting in the<br />
speech.<br />
Too late in life has the lesson and its value been learned, of<br />
graciousness, to be an effective force in many a soul left to nurse regrets<br />
in solitude and sorrow.<br />
5. Lessons of the Christ-life.<br />
More valuable than temperance, social purity, material conquest, and<br />
even graciousness itself, is the gift of the Christ-life, which may not be<br />
appreciated until it is too late.<br />
To all men there comes a call to righteousness. All history and human<br />
experience, all nature, all visions of the poets and seers and statesmen,<br />
all voices of the Spirit and speech of the Infinite One--teach, exhort,<br />
and plead that this truth be accepted and obeyed. In opposition to all<br />
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