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   "I do not say these things to console or to comfort myself, for I have made   
   up my mind, as long as I breathe, and as long as it shall seem good to God   
   that I remain in this present life, to fulfil this ministry, and, whether   
   any one attends or not, to do the work allotted to me. But since there are   
   some who weaken the hands of many, and who, besides that they bring forward   
   nothing useful for our present life, and relax the zeal of others, by   
   derision and ridicule, saying: "Cease counselling; leave off warning; they   
   do not attend to you: you have no fellow-feeling with them;"----since there   
   are those who say such things,----purposing to expel this wicked and morose   
   idea, this satanic counsel, from the minds of many, I address you thus at   
   length. I know that such things were said even yesterday by many who, when   
   they saw certain |4 people spending time in taverns, said, laughing and   
   deriding: "Are these fully persuaded? These are they who never enter a   
   tavern! Have they all arrived at wisdom?" What dost thou say, O man? Is it   
   this that we undertook to do, to enclose all in the net in one day? For if   
   ten only were persuaded----if only five,----if even one,----is not this   
   sufficient to console us? For my part I can even go beyond this. Suppose   
   that none were persuaded by our words, although it is impossible that the   
   word spoken to so many hearers can be fruitless----suppose, however, even   
   this,----still the word would not be without profit."   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, On the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.   
      
      
   "But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout   
   for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be   
   joyful in You. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You   
   will surround him as with a shield."  Psalm 5:11-12   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)