Category: IMITATION OF CHRIST

  • PRUDENCE IN ACTION

    Imitation of Christ DO NOT yield to every impulse and suggestion but consider things carefully and patiently in the light of God’s will. For very often, sad to say, we are so weak that we believe and speak evil of others rather than good. Perfect men, however, do not readily believe every talebearer, because they…

  • THE DOCTRINE OF TRUTH

    The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis HAPPY is he to whom truth manifests itself, not in signs and words that fade, but as it actually is. Our opinions, our senses often deceive us and we discern very little. What good is much discussion of involved and obscure matters when our ignorance of them will…

  • THE LETTER KILLETH

    Power Through Prayer, E. M. Bounds During this affliction I was brought to examine my life in relation to eternity closer than I had done when in the enjoyment of health. In this examination relative to the discharge of my duties toward my fellow creatures as a man, a Christian minister, and an officer of…

  • HAVING A HUMBLE OPINION OF SELF

    The Imitation of ChristChapter Two EVERY man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. He who knows himself well becomes mean in his own eyes and…

  • THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE THE SOUL

    Immitation of Christ, Thomas A. KempisTranslators, Latin to English: Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (Book One) IMITATING CHRIST AND DESPISING ALL VANITIES ON EARTH “HE WHO follows Me, walks not in darkness,” says the Lord. By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be truly enlightened…