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We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.

Adam Clarke

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin – natural, which is common and the same to all – patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.
ADAM CLARKE

Common Considered Family Human Man Natural Origin Patronymic Race Same Twofold
Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility.
ADAM CLARKE

Account Attendant Degree Heard History Lord Saw Spirit
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
ADAM CLARKE

Arrived Degree Eminence Fame Memorial Person Private Public Regretted Written
There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
ADAM CLARKE

Accident Cause Ignorance Merely Real Signify Some Word
If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God
ADAM CLARKE

Apostle Follower Forward Hope Jesus Jesus Christ Man Original Patience Spirit Strong Trusting
Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.
ADAM CLARKE

Argument Conveying Idea Mean Multitude Notion Proper Reader Word Writer
Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
ADAM CLARKE

Absurd Air Cannot Existence God Jesus Christ Saw Wind
I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.
ADAM CLARKE

Action Allow Energies Energy Faith Happiness Secret Stagnate Trust
Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father’s house into another that is fair and large, lightsome and glorious, and divinely entertaining.
ADAM CLARKE

Busy Dark Death Entry Father Good Little Man Room
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
ADAM CLARKE

Expect Gospel. Preacher Honor Jesus Jesus Christ Look Resurrection
The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea Islands.
ADAM CLARKE

Country Custom Discovered East Island Noticed Old Prevail Still Testament
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.
ADAM CLARKE

Act Communicate Devotion Fault Great Happiness Happy Other Sacrifice Self
Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
ADAM CLARKE

Christian InspirationalTongue Heart Prayer Require
It is strictly and philosophically true in Nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing
ADAM CLARKE

Chance Ignorance Man Nature Philosophically Real Reason Strictly
They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.
ADAM CLARKE

Believe God Nothing Pray Praying Soul State Trust
He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
ADAM CLARKE

Cleansed Completely Death Die Fit Glory Sanctified Sin State

We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.

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We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ready to sympathize with their notions and feelings, instead of forcing them to sympathize with ours.

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