...try to meet such a man with his own weapons. The best way is to keep silence, or speak mildly. < He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city/ as the Bible says. If you had been impudent to Mr. Walker, it would have made him more furious, and...

...To see you shed a humble tear, And then to hear you meekly say, " I'll not do so another day." " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city," Proverbs xvi. 32. LITTLE NED. N little Ned was sent to bed, He always acted right; He kissed mamma,...

...in taking the strongest, the most strongly fortified, cities." Compare the Hebrew maxim : — " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Prov. xvi. 32, and see " Latins regnes" $rc, Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quain hominis....

...calls him the great man in whom struggles and victories are fitly personated. The Bible says, " he that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." B. God is styled the God of battles. War has ever been God's instrumentality for reforming the world,...

...regarded by the mass as the culminating point in a long life of honorable achievements. But if •' he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city," the old Puritan Governor performed his greatest exploit in the meek and forgiving spirit with which...

...out by more illustrious triumphs than ever led pagan conqueror to the Capitol of Rome. For, truly, he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city. In Switzerland the young Prince enjoyed peculiar facilities for cultivating his taste for liberty,...

...happy, now, my dear? " " No, mamma." " Then try to put away all your bad feelings. The Bible says, ' He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " This was a new idea to Harry, and, making a great effort, he restrained his anger, and looked up...

...forbidden good ; if governed, controlled, denied by the will, the nobler the act of obedience. "He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." " The trial of your faith is precious." " Blessed is the man that endureth temptation." (5.) Nor does...

...try to meet such a man with his own weapons. The best way is to keep silence, or speak mildly. ' He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city,' as the Bible say.-;. If you had been impudent to Mr. "Walker, it would have made him more furious,...

...regarded by the mass as the culminating point in along life of honorable achievements. But if ''he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city," the old Puritan Governor performed his greatest exploit in the meek and forgiving spirit with which...