...an object of contempt, the successful struggler against it should be an object of admiration — " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." And such was Mr. Simeon. It followed him to his dying-bed, and elicited from him, as he lay there,...

...and glory be to Christ for ever ! " He gave the signal and died. He was indeed a valiant captain. " He that ruleth his spirit is better than " he that taketh a city." Other martyrs now followed to the scaffold these three men, — the most illustrious of nobles, the...

...softens it with as much of kindness and liberality as the circumstances of the case rendered proper. " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." The same disposition is manifested by him in resigning to Lot, his nephew, at his request, the best...

...self-government will be enumerated. 1. It justly secures the admiration and respect of others. The Bible says, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." 2. It promotes success in the business of life. A person who controls himself can be implicitly relied...

...thine own right hand can save thee." Man has enough to do to rule himself, and more than enough, and " he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Both man and woman were created in the image of God's moral perfections, with rational and immortal...

...ourselves. Such victory is more illustrious than was ever accomplished by ' garments rolled in blood.' ' lie that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' It was an adage of lettered antiquity, that a good man struggling with adverse fortune was a spectacle...

...there was no other to conquer. Here are chances for glory beyond all the dreams of ambition ; for " he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." By no brief and intermitted exertion is this triumph to be achieved. As well, on the material globe,...

...might, from the very countenance of the man, read in him high and noble qualifications for a teacher. " He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." It appears that he has acted as one who regards the necessity of punishing a child, as a grave occasion...

...there was no other to conquer. Here are chances for glory beyond all the dreams of ambition ; for " he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." By no brief and intermitted exertion is this triumph to be achieved. As well, on the material globe,...

...for preaching the Gospel. Though gifted with extraordinary military genius he never learned that " he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Proverbs 16: 32. His death, which occurred B. c. 323, is believed to have been principally caused by...