Excerpt from Spiritual Reading for Every Day: An Introduction to the Interior and Perfect Life, for the Use Alike of Persons in the World and in Religion But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity, and peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing they that beget strifes. But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle, but be mild towards all men, apt to teach, patient, with modesty admonishing them that resist the truth. - 2 Tim. Ii. 22. And let our men also learn to excel in good warbs for necessary uses that they be not unfruitful. - Titus iii. 14. These words Of Holy Writ contain the sum of Christian virtues. The mode of practising them is given by your sainted teacher, keeping, as is his wont, in all things discretion and prudence, and due regard for each one's state Of life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.