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by S. D. Gordon

Week 7, Friday

First Things in First Place

Friday. Dan. I :8-16.

Loyalty means being true. Principle means the first thing. Be true to first things — purity of heart and body, honesty of word and life, obedience to God. unselfish love toward all. Never waver on these for a moment, by so much as the half-breadth of a narrow hair. Keep first things in first place and other things’ll take care of themselves. There’s nothing so manly and womanly as being true, and nothing so ( ‘bristly as being gentle.

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