Friday, April 27, 2007

"Declaration of Happiness " Banquet

Live for the glory of God, be tender, kind, and courteous to each other. The happiness of your lives will consist in making God your trust, and in seeking to make each other happy. Practice self-control. It is so easy to speak thoughlessly, words that grieve and wound. Do not venture to trifle with each others feelings. Practice patience, encourage love, discipline yourselves to guard every word and action, and study how you can be a blessing to each other.

Love is a delicate plant; rude blasts frequently bruise it if they do not uproot it entirely.

Never make a third person your confident. Your private life is sacred; keep the barriers high, that no one may presume to intrude into the sacred circle. Be calm and tranquil, patient, forebearing, and forgiving.

A word more: do not speak a word in jest that shall injure or reflect upon the other. Never recount the mistakes, or errors, or faults of each other in the presence of a third person, or in company, be the circle ever so select. live for God and for each other."
~ Ellen G. White to her son after three months of his marriage.

1 comment:

David Schantz said...

This reminds me of something we were taught as children, or we should have been taught as children. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The world would be a much happier place if we could remember that every day.

God Bless America, God Save The Republic.