This Must Be Our Belief When We

There Are Eight Rungs In Charity. The Highest Is When You Help A Man To Help Himself.

The Prophets Even Express Their Surprise That God Should Take Notice Of Man, Who Is Too Little And Too Unimportant To Be Worthy Of The Attention Of The Creator; How, Then, Should Other Living Creatures Be Considered As Proper Objects For Divine Providence!

Even When A Person Suffers Pain In Consequence Of A Thorn Having Entered Into His Hand, Although It Is At Once Drawn Out, It Is A Punishment That Has Been Inflicted On Him, And The Least Pleasure He Enjoys Is A Reward; All This Is Meted Out By Strict Justice; As Is Said In The Scripture, "all His Ways Are Judgement" (deut. Xxxii. 4); We Are Only Ignorant Of The Working Of That Judgement.

Every Man Should View Himself As Equally Balanced: Half Good And Half Evil. Likewise, He Should See The Entire World As Half Good And Half Evil.... With A Single Good Deed He Will Tip The Scales For Himself, And For The Entire World, To The Side Of Good.

For The Elements Have The Property Of Moving Back To Their Place In A Straight Line, But They Have No Properties Which Would Cause Them To Remain Where They Are, Or To Move Otherwise Than In A Straight Line. The Rectilinear Motions Of These Four Elements When Returning To Their Original Place Are Of Two Kinds, Either Centrifugal, Viz., The Motion Of The Air And The Fire; Or Centripedal, Viz., The Motion Of The Earth, And The Water; And When The Elements Have Reached Their Original Place, They Remain At Rest.