| | Since no one else gets the opportunity to read some of the books that I do, I thought I would quote a paragraph from the latest Biography that I've been reading for a class I'm taking next week. It's a summary of Samuel Pearce's character that personally is an attitude that I wish to flourish more in my own soul.
In many persons the pleasures imparted by religion are counteracted by a gloomy constitution; but it was not so in him. In his disposition they met with a friendly soil. Cheerfulness was as natural to him as breathing; and this spirit, sanctified by the grace of God, gave a tincture to all his thoughts, conversation, and preaching. He was seldom heard without tears; but they were frequently tears of pleasure. No levity, no attempts at wit, no aiming to excite the risibility of an audience, ever disgraced his sermons. Religion in him was habitual seriousness, mingled with sacred pleasure, frequently rising into sublime delight, and occasionally overflowing with transporting joy.
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