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62 in all the trials of life, and comforts all accordingly; while faith alone fits us for that hereafter from whose bourne no traveler ever returns.

In charity lies our great opportunity to emulate Christ by aiding the weak, the poor and the needy; thrice blessed is he who is filled with charity.

Finally, it is right to work for reward, but the greatest reward for any man lies in his inner consciousness of duty well performed. One cannot be bought, intrigued, or connived into the granting of self-respect; and therein lies its superiority over the highest respect in which one may be held by others.