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GENTLENESS.
THE TRUE PATH; AND How to Walk Therein.
EDITED BYT. S. ARTHUR.
NEW YORK
JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY
150 WORTH STREET, CORNER MISSION PLACE
Copyrighted by HUBBARD BROTHERS. 1888.
PREFACE.
TO make the vision clearer, and the way plainer for all who are seeking the true path, is the purpose of this volume. The editor has sought through means of poem, allegory, sermon, essay, and lighter narrative, to lead the earnest thinker into a just appreciation of social and moral duties—for no man can walk safely through this world, who, through neglect of these, lives in cold indifference to his neighbour's good. The true path is the path of self-denial; yet none enter this path who do not, sooner or later, find that the way is smoother than was expected, and that instead of leading through a desert land, it winds pleasantly amid flowers and greenness.
page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
- POVERINA. 7
- FILIAL LOVE REWARDED. 18
- THE ADOPTED CHILD. 26
- DON'T RUN IN DEBT. 33
- LITTLE THINGS—THE INDEX OF CHARACTER. 34
- THE HAPPY LOT. 38
- LABOUR. 39
- THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. 42
- THE FRUITS OF SORROW. 56
- THE TWO BEES. 67
- SPEAK KINDLY. 70
- TELL OF THEIR VIRTUES. 73
- THE IMMORTAL FOUNTAIN. 76
- THE BEAUTIFUL. 112
- THE GENII OF THE GOLD MINES. 114
- ADA'S LIFE ROMANCE. 122
- THERE'S WORK ENOUGH TO DO. 137
- THE STEP-DAUGHTER. 139
- OH, WATCH YOU WELL BY DAYLIGHT. 146
- FIRESIDE AFFECTIONS. 147
- WORK FOR HEAVEN. 152
- SPIRITUAL BEAUTY. 153
- DO GOOD. 167
- OUR DAILY LIFE. 168
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- ANGELS IN THE AIR. 175
- BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL. 176
- RUB OR RUST. 189
- TALE-TELLING. 190
- BEAR ON, BEAR BRAVELY ON. 207
- "BLESSED ARE THE BELOVED!" 208
- THE LEGEND OF BROTHER ALFUS. 210
- HOW TO BE HAPPY. 217
- HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP. 218
- RELY ON YOURSELF. 219
- GOD IS LOVE. 225
- THE RELATION OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 226
- "FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE." 236
- THE FRIENDS. 237
- WORDS. 248
- THE MERCHANT'S SON. 249
- LINES IN MEMORY OF MY LOST CHILD. 266
- CATHARINE BLOOMER. 269
- KEEP THYSELF PURE. 290
- "THE ANGELS WITH US UNAWARES." 292
- SABBATH EVE. 296
- SPARE MOMENTS. 298
- THE BURDOCK AND THE VIOLET. 299