True womanhood; hints on the formation of womanly character
Franklin Johnson
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 13, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...answered: "So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies." These are noble words; but we may ask, without impeaching their worth, How shall the heart be kept right except by the vigilance of the head? This is the thought of the text: you must guard your affections with your utmost care, or they will lead you into wrong courses, whose end is misery. Out of the heart are the issues of life. This is illustrated well by Spurgeon: "You have seen the great reservoirs provided by our water companies, in which the water which is to supply hundreds of streets and thousands of houses is kept. Now, the heart is just the reservoir of man; and our life is allowed to flow in its proper season. That life may flow through different pipes, the mouth, the hand, the eye; but still all the issues of hand, of eye, of lip, derive their source from the great fountain and central reservoir, the heart. And hence there is no difficulty in showing the great necessity that exists for keeping this reservoir, the heart, in a proper state and condition; since otherwise that which flows through the pipes must be tainted and corrupt." Speaking comprehensively, I may say that what you love you are. If you admire excellence in others, it is because you have it in yourself. If you prefer to mingle with those who are zealous Christians, it is an evidence that you are one of them: "We know," says the Apostle John, "that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." On the other hand, if you are fond of vain associations, it is because your heart is vain, though you may display a fair exterior. "Pythagoras," says Dean Bolton, "before admitting any one into his school, inquired who were his intimates.&qu...