...learning to command, by being commanded, and through obedience aspiring to be free. The Proverb says, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." A vast proportion of what the world calls greatness, has been in the line of the strong passions of...

...selfish wish, be sure your heavenly Father will show you how you can be useful. Remember his word says, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." YOUTH'S COMPANION. WHAT ALL LITTLE GIRLS SHOULD BE. MILD, yet brave and noble-hearted, Saying pleasant,...

...spent in vain. Gentlemen, we may boast of our achievements abroad and of our glories at home ; but as " he that ruleth his spirit " is better " than he that taketh a city," so no campaign is so glorious as that which shall terminate in the overthrow of our prejudices. GEN....

...we hope that you may gain that victory which Scripture tells us is the greatest a man can gain — 'He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city.' Will you try for that victory 1" " Yes, indeed, Sir, I will ; I often think of what you said to me...

...wonderful when he is a man. His mother thought he would understand the meaning of King Solomon's words, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." So she talked to him about them, and got him to repeat the verse to her every morning during the holidays....

...will have great need of prudence in all your conduct, and of keeping the entire mastery of yourself. " He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." In cases of opposition (and you may have opposition, notwithstanding the present happy appearance)...

...the clouds of anger rise to dim your sky. He was a hero. He conquered himself; and Solomon says, " He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." At first he cowardly ran away ; but his courage came again ; he rallied his forces, and took the city....

...beyond the moft famous Exploits of Viftory that ever were made ; the wifeft of Men telling us, That he that ruleth his Spirit, is better than he that taketh a City, Prov. xvi. 32. And our own Experience confirms this Sentence of the wife Man. For there is nothing...

...are these : By pride cometh contention. Before honour is humility. A soft answer turneth away wrath. He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. If sinners entice...

...conduct," he remarked, " than in the boldest warlike exploit ; it reminds one of that saying of Solomon, ' He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " It was in this reign that the use of gunpowder first became known in Russia ; you will remember,...