“Diligent in business, serving the Lord.” There is no period dividing these. I long ago discovered that I could make a bed and sweep a room for His sake, as surely as I could speak a word for Him.
—A New Graft on the Family Tree
Category: Pansy’s Words of Wisdom
Short pearls of wisdom gleaned from Isabella Alden’s books.
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Someone wise in soul lore has said, “What Christ is to us depends upon what we are willing to be to Him.”
—By Way of the Wilderness
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“Get thee behind me, Satan.”
The only perfect Life gave that sentence once, not alone for Himself. Thank God, He has many a time since enabled His weak children of the flesh to repeat it in triumph.
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As long as people live careless lives, Satan is not going to trouble his head with them. It is those who are striving to follow closely he is most concerned about.
—Aunt Hannah and Martha and John
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Are there things too small for His notice, when He himself refers us to the fading wild flowers for lessons?
—A New Graft on the Family Tree
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I have unquestioning faith in the truth that even our mistakes He will overrule for our good.
—The Randolphs
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When one is in the mood for grumbling, there is no easier thing in the world than to find food for that spirit.
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So many things in this world squeak for the want of a thoughtful hand to administer a drop of oil.
—Interrupted
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As for herself, she had full and abiding faith in the fact that the Christ of Galilee had lavished miracles, many and wonderful, upon that favored people eighteen hundred years ago; what she wanted was a miracle for her, today.
—Judge Burnham’s Daughters
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There will be no such thing as that hateful word “disappointment” up in heaven, bless the Lord. Haven’t I His own word for it? Didn’t He say we should be satisfied? I wonder what it feels like to be satisfied!
Miss Priscilla Hunter
