True Gentlefolk

Tuesday. 1 Cor. 8: 1-13.

A gentleman will never do as he properly may if it will hurt someone else. For gentleness is strength accommodating its strength to someone weaker. Gentleness in its first meaning is manliness. And manliness will be true to itself in dealing with another, and never take an unfair advantage. Jesus was the truest of gentle men. Gentleness is love in contact with others. It gladly puts a restraint upon itself for the sake of another.

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