January 25
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.—John 13:17.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.—James 4:17.
We cannot kindle when we will
The fire that in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mystery our soul abides:
But tasks in hours of insight willed
Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.
MATTHEW ARNOLD.
Hurt not your conscience with any known sin.
S. RUTHERFORD.
Deep-rooted customs, though wrong, are not easily altered; but it is the duty of all to be firm in that which they certainly know is right for them.
JOHN WOOLMAN.
He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.
MARCUS ANTONINUS.
Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known.
JOHN RUSKIN.
—Daily Strength for Daily Needs
