“The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12). The violence here meant is a holy earnestness, such as Jacob manifested. We need not try to work ourselves up into an intense feeling, but
We cannot choose the time we live in but what we do with the time given us
“I wish it need not have happened in my time, So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with
Lest we forget: 11th of the 11th
We commemorate the deeds of the past that brought liberty and kept evil in check of men of valor and to the point in conversation while we willingly let go of our freedoms fought dearly for these are men of