Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
melt it by fiery coals of gentleness. That is God's way. An
iceberg may be crushed to powder, but every fragment is still
ice. Only sunshine that melts it will turn it into sweet water.
Love is conqueror, and the only conqueror, and its conquest is
to transform hate into love."
322. Let us be silent as to each other's weakness ; helpful,
tolerant, nay, tender, towards each other ! Oh, if we cannot
feel tenderness, may we at least feel pity! May we put away
from us the satire which scourges and the anger which brands
the oil and wine of the good Samaritan are of more avail. We
may make the ideal a reason for contempt; but it is more beautiful
to make it a reason for tenderness. Henry F. Amiel.
323. "It is wonderful what care some good people take to get
all the pain and suffering they can out of an offence. A grain
of sand blows into their eye, slips under their eyelid, and they
keep it there till the whole eye is inflamed ; they rub it with
their finger till the torture becomes unbearable. They might
have brushed it away and have done with it ; but, no ! the hasty,
bitter word, the selfish act, of which a relative, a friend, an
acquaintance, was guilty, they lay up in their memory; and
they will not forget it, whatever else they forget. About the
many kindly things he has done, and the many kindly words he
has said, they never think, but the one offence is always present
to them."
324. D. L. Moody said : "They who say they will forgive,
but cannot forget an injury, simply bury the hatchet, while
they leave the handle out, ready for immediate use."
325. Joseph Parker said : "The great man is always ready
to find an excuse for the injury that is done him, if he possibly
can."
326. In Victor Hugo's story, "Les Miserables," a notable
character, Jean Valjean, is convicted of stealing a loaf for his
sister's hungry children. He was imprisoned for two years.
He tried to escape, and his imprisonment was lengthened to
nineteen years. Then, upon his release, he found all society
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