Let The Man Who Would Hear God

For God Is Not Gracious And Merciful To Sinners To The End That They Might Not Keep His Law, Nor That They Should Remain As They Were Before They Received Grace And Mercy; But He Condones And Forgives Both Sin And Death For The Sake Of Christ, Who Has Fulfilled The Whole Law In Order Thereby To Make The Heart Sweet And Through The Holy Spirit To Kindle And Move The Heart To Begin To Love From Day To Day More And More.

When I Am Assailed With Heavy Tribulations, I Rush Out Among My Pigs Rather Than Remain Alone By Myself. The Human Heart Is Like A Millstone In A Mill: When You Put Wheat Under It, It Turns And Grinds And Bruises The Wheat To Flour; If You Put No Wheat, It Still Grinds On, But Then 'tis Itself It Grinds And Wears Away. So The Human Heart, Unless It Be Occupied With Some Employment, Leaves Space For The Devil, Who Wriggles Himself In And Brings With Him A Whole Host Of Evil Thoughts, Temptations, And Tribulations, Which Grind Out The Heart.

The Holy Scriptures Surpass In Efficaciousness All The Arts And All The Sciences Of The Philosophers And Jurists; These, Though Good And Necessary To Life Here Below, Are Vain And Of No Effect As To What Concerns The Life Eternal.

I Have No Pleasure In Any Man Who Despises Music. It Is No Invention Of Ours: It Is A Gift Of God. I Place It Next To Theology. Satan Hates Music: He Knows How It Drives The Evil Spirit Out Of Us.

Count It One Of The Highest Virtues Upon Earth To Educate Faithfully The Children Of Others, Which So Few, And Scarcely Any, Do By Their Own.