Gold Nugget 174 - The Foundation Principle

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      Walls are built, not upon two, but upon one foundation.  So is every man’s character.  There is some one principle on which it is organized, some one fount to which you can trace all the streams of human activity.  The principle is the paramount affection of the man.  Whatever he loves most, governs him.  If he loves pleasure most, his character is sensual; if he loves money most, his character is worldly; if he loves wisdom most, his character is philosophic; if he loves God most, his character is Divine …

      Character is not formed of one set of actions, thoughts, impulses, volitions.  All kinds of acts enter into it, mental, moral, muscular, personal, political, religious – all are materials in the building. …

      You cannot build a house in a day; stone by stone it must advance; so the formation of character is a slow work.  Men cannot become either devils or saints at once, cannot spring into these characters by a bound.  It takes time to build up a Satan, and a longer time still to build up a seraph within us.  Acts make habits; habits make character.

 

The Pulpit Commentary, Amos p. 155, Amos 7:7-9, (D. Thomas)

 

Gold Nugget 174

The Foundation Principle

 

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