To _all_ there
is but one thing needful. _All_ are to be living to God and their
fellow-creatures, and not to themselves. _All_ must seek first the
Kingdom of God and His righteousness--must _deny themselves_, be pure
and chaste and charitable in the fullest and widest sense--all,
'forgetting those things that are behind,' must 'press forward towards
the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God.'
"And now I will add but two things more. Be true through life to each
other, love as only brothers should do, strengthen, warn, encourage
one another, and let who will be against you, let each feel that in
his brother he has a firm and faithful friend who will be so to the
end; and, oh! be kind and watchful over your dear sister; without
mother or sisters she will doubly need her brothers' love and
tenderness and confidence. I am certain she will seek them, and will
love you and try to make you happy; be sure then that you do not fail
her, and remember, that were she to lose her father and remain
unmarried, she would doubly need protectors. To you, then, I
especially commend her. Oh! my three darling children, be true to
each other, your Father, and your God.
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