_The love of wealth steals wealth of love._

_It's the common virtues that make uncommon saints._

_Many a man is shouting his convictions to drown the voice of
conscience._

_A little learning is dangerous if you are planning to get to heaven by
degrees._

_When a man gets over anxious about the gnat it's time to hang on to
the camel._


IX

THE PASSING AND PERMANENT

When the walls are being rebuilt it is easy to imagine that the
foundations are being destroyed. Old creeds pass away, but truth
remains; if they were true in their day they do but give place to the
larger truth of the new day. We need to distinguish between the
turmoil attendant to the process of building and the beauty of the new
temple that arises.

The old folks hear the new truths and ask, where are the foundations
gone? The young hear the discussion between the old and the new and
ask, is there anything settled, anything worth believing? What are the
permanent elements in religion on which the life may build while the
things that are but temporary are adjusting themselves?