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Family devotions

Hearts that are drawn together at God's feet every day in family devotions — cannot drift very far away from each other. The domestic frictions of the day are forgotten — when all voices mingle in the same heavenly song. As the tender words of Scripture fall with their gracious counsels — all feeling of unkindness melts away. The family altar in the midst — wondrously hallows and sweetens the whole home. Besides, the family altar . . .
puts new strength into every heart,
comforts all sorrows,
is a shield against temptation,
smoothes out the wrinkles of care,
inspires strength for burden-bearing,
quickens every holy sentiment, and
keeps the fires of devotion burning on every heart's altar.

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-Character
+====Family devotions====
-Reputation is what a man's neighbors and friends think of him.
+Hearts that are drawn together at God's feet every day in family devotions — cannot drift very far away from each other. The domestic frictions of the day are forgotten — when all voices mingle in the same heavenly song. As the tender words of Scripture fall with their gracious counsels — all feeling of unkindness melts away. The family altar in the midst — wondrously hallows and sweetens the whole home. Besides, the family altar . . . <br>
-Character is what the man IS.
+puts new strength into every heart,<br>
+comforts all sorrows, <br>
-Character is personal. It is not a possession we can share with someone else. We can give a hungry person part of our loaf of bread; we can divide our money with one who needs it; but character is something we cannot give away or transmit. The brave soldier cannot share his courage with the trembling recruit who fights by his side in the battle. The pure, gentle woman cannot give part of her purity and gentleness , to the defiled and hardened woman she meets.
+is a shield against temptation, <br>
+smoothes out the wrinkles of care, <br>
-Character is our own — a part of our very being. It grows in us over the years. Acts repeated become habits, and character is made up in the long run, of those habits which have been repeated so often, that they become a permanent part of our lives.
+inspires strength for burden-bearing, <br>
+quickens every holy sentiment, and <br>
-Sow a thought — and you will reap an act;
+keeps the fires of devotion burning on every heart's altar. <br>
-sow an act — and you will reap a habit;
-sow a habit — and you will reap a character;
-sow character — and you will reap a destiny!
-As the tree falls — so must it lie;
-As the man lives — so must he die!
-As a man dies — such must he be;
-All through the ages of eternity!
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