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"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus; Let no such man be trusted." -Shakespeare

"Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents god has given us." -Lutner

"Music can noble hints impart, engender fury, kindle love; With unsuspected eloquence can move, and manage all the man with secret art." -Addison

"Patience makes that more tolerable which it is impossible to prevent or remove." -Horace

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." -J. J. Rousseau

"I see thou hast pass-d sentence on my part; and I'll no longer weep, or plead against it; but with the humlest, most obedient patience meet thy dear hands, and kiss them when they wound me." -Otway

Here we are in August.  I am reminded of a project I had planned for this month, which I laid aside in favor of God's plan.  While the project, an outreach trip to Papua New Guinea, would have been a good thing, it was not God's timing.  I have thanked God many times since I put aside the trip for His grace and peace in calming my heart and mind after feeling a burden to go and trying to get life settled in preparation for it.  I hope that He will see fit in my future to help make a way for me to go.  Please pray in the next two weeks for Stan and Tresa Rowe and their family in Papua New Guinea as they prepare for a revival meeting and try to reach more souls for Christ.  Also, remember Jim and Mary Blume, another fine family and good friends working for His Glory in PNG.

"Patience--Of whose soft grace, I have her sovereign aid, and rest myself content." -Shakespeare

"That man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage." -La Rochefoucauld

"Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.  The former would see most necessary for the camp, the latter for council; but to constitue a great man, both are necessary." -Colton

"Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it and conquering it." -Richter

"The intent and not the deed is in our power; and therefore, who dares greatly, does greatly." -Brown

"Most men have more courage than they themselves think they have." -Greville

"God be in my head,
And in my understanding;

God be in my eyes,
And in my looking;

God be in my mouth,
And in my speaking;

God be in my heart,
And in my thinking;

God be at my end,
And in my departing."

-Sarum Missal

"Was Christ a man like us? -- Ah!  Let us try if we then, too, can be such men as He!" -Matthew Arnold

"God be with you, till we meet again,
By His counsels guide, uphold you,
With His sheep securely fold you:
God be with you, till we meet again."
-Jeremiah Eames Rankin

"God is working His purpose out as year succeeds to year,
God is working His purpose out and time is drawing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be fill'd with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea."
-Arthur Campbell Ainger

"Command the assistance of a faithul friend" -Dryden

"Un amigo a todo el mundo es amigo de nadie"  (translated: A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody") -Spanish Proverb

"False friendship, like the ivy, decays the wall it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports." -Burton

"Talking with a friend is nothing but thinking aloud" -Addison

"Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sun-flower also.  He attracts and follows" -Richter

"Friends, but few on earth, and therefore dear." -Pollok

"Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good." -Aristotle

"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief." -Cicero

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination of two persons to promote the good and happiness of each other." -Addison

"A good man is the best friend, and therefore soonest to be chosen, longest to be retained, and indeed never to be parted with, unless he ceases to be that for which he is chosen." -Jeremy Taylor