...love of his character, fo curb the passions, purify the affections, and excite to the cultivation of whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. It has guided the saint in doubt and difficulty ; it has nerved him for self-denial and suffering ;...

...eternal, the just, the right, the true and the good, the Intelligence will, of course, be occupied with " whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report," and the Sensibility, continually acted upon by such objects, will mirror forth, in pure emotions and...

...minuteness which will scarcely bear a comparison but with his own catalogue of virtues in a kindred Epistle: "Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." So far from seeking to...

...sonship. All the long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, — all the fidelity, meekness, and temperance, — whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report, — all the patience, brotherly kindness, charity, — all the courage, victory over temptation, and...

...us, and continually suggest to our minds such things as conduce to Thy glory and to our salvation. Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, grant, O good Lord, that we may think on these...

...zeal for personal devotedness ; not teaching our families half of religion— to read and pray ; but " whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report — to think on these things."3 Man may boast of his moral uprightness — that he would scorn a mean...

...resignation, " Thy will be done," you will, I am sure, find Comfort in Prayer. You must love earnestly whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; t if you do this without wavering, you may rest satisfied that your feet are treading the green and...

...righteousness. Ignorance and dishonesty have often borrowed a Christian guise for the more successful practice of knavery and rapine. But when they have...If, then, you think to justify your incredulity by showing a man, who to a profession of Christianity adds a life of crime, the indignant gospel, tears...

...all around may behold the genuine fruits of true faith in thy dear Son, by my constant practice of whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. Grant me, O God, all that I now request, for the sake of Jesus Christ, my guide, my pattern, and my...

...associated human embodiment of God's truth, ought to be known to all as the eager adherents and allies of whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report. Not only is not this the case, but the failure is openly justified. A new idea dawns upon the world...