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   "Dost thou not observe how often fathers, when in despair about their   
   children, sit down weeping, bewailing, embracing them, trying everything in   
   their power until the last breath? This do thou also for thy brother.   
   Although parents by their lamentations and tears can neither remove   
   sickness nor avert approaching death, yet thou, in the case of a soul even   
   when given up, mayest through perseverance and assiduity, by lamentation   
   and tears, bring about recovery and restoration. Hast thou given counsel   
   and failed to convince? Then weep, and make frequent efforts; groan deeply,   
   that, shamed by thy constancy, he may turn to seek salvation. What can I do   
   alone? For I singly am not able to be present with you all every day, nor   
   am I sufficient to convince such a multitude. But ye, if ye be minded to   
   care for the salvation of each other, and every one to take in hand one of   
   our neglected brethren----ye would quickly further the edification of us   
   all."   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, Discourse I, Chiefly on the parable of the rich man and   
   Lazarus (   
      
   "Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.   
   Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of   
   His holy name."  Psalm 97:11-12   
      
   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)