Monday, October 23, 2006

"Temperance is self-control. This is a hard thing to achieve if you are prompted by the wrong motives. Control through fear is a struggle which is likely to end in failure. Control for the sake of respectability or through anxiety to avoid detection is at best fragile. When all is said and done the best motive for self-control is love. Love of our brethren: love desiring their advancement; love seeking their salvation. What a blessing it is so to live your life that none of God's family is ever harmed but rather blessed and encouraged, strengthened and provoked to love and good work."

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