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Excerpt from The Character of Manlius Stimson Clarke: Discourse Delivered in the South Congregational Church, May 1, 1853
The righteous is an everlasting foundation. All else fluctuates but here is rock immovable. Accomplishments, learning, beauty, empire, fame, wealth, - none of these, if I interpret the religion of Jesus fairly, are despicable things; some of them, and all of them if righteously held and used, hold a rank of dignity in the order of the Almighty Father's favors. But they are limited, and they pass. We can see to their end. We can reach round them with a mortal measuring-line. Not so with Christian goodness. This borrows infinity from the Parent Soul. It takes its place, and nothing can put it aside. The most persevering and obstinate stupidity cannot ignore it. A righteous man roots himself among the ineradicable realities of God. Contempt, opposition, malice, 'never discrown his royalty. The strength he stands in is the Almighty's, not his own. The Holy Spirit is the principle of his immortality. Even the welfare Of this world.
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