Contentment

The confounding of a positive spiritual virtue or principle with a negative animal vice is common amongst writers even of what is called the "Advance Thought School," and much valuable energy is frequently expended in criticizing and condemning, where a little calm reasoning would have revealed a greater light, and…

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"Contentment is one thing; happiness quite another. The former results from the want of desire the latter from its gratification."—L. F. Ward "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."— Philippians IV, 11 The spirit of contentment…

How truly blest is he who knows content!His life is calm and peaceful, and the lightOf sweetest happiness shines warm and brightAcross his path. His mind is not intentOn what God grants not, nor is his time spentln vain complaining, but he finds delightIn Heaven's gifts, and walks with face…

To cultivate a contented spirit is a very necessary beginning to a regenerate life; it is a preliminary step to all the higher virtues, therefore we should all cultivate it. Perhaps it maybe thought by some to be so difficult to attain that it can hardly be considered as a…