| The Secrets of a Beautiful Life |
Chapter 5 |
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We all need human friendship. We need it specially in our times of darkness. He does not well, he lives not wisely, who in the days of prosperity neglects to gather about his life a few loving friends, who will be a strength to him in the days of stress and need.
Then we should be ready, too, to give the strength of our love to those whom we see passing into the ways of struggle of sorrow. We should not commit the mistake of our Lord’s friends, failing those who need and expect our cheer. There is a deep lesson in the words Christ spoke at the last to the men to whom he had come three times in vain, craving sympathy. “Sleep on now, and take your rest; it is enough, the hour is come.” There was no need, then, for longer watching, nor could any good come of it. The struggle was over, the victory had been won without them, and there was nothing left for them to do.
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