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861. Sorrow and suffering may (if we take them rightly) tum out to be the best gifts of Alhlh to us. According to the Psalms (xciv. 12). "Blessed is the man whom Thou chastenesl. 0 Lord!" Through suffering we learn humility, the antidote to many vices and the fountain of many virtues. But if we take them the wrong way, we grumble and complain. we become faint-hearted: ,md Satan gets his opportunity to exploit us by pUlling forward the alluring pleasures of his Vanity Fair. 862. Learning the inner truth of ou~elves and the world presupposes a certain advanced stage of sensitiveness and spiritual development. There is a shallower stage. at which prosperity and the good things of life may teach us sympathy and goodness and cheerfulness like thllt of Mr. Cheeribyles in Dickens. In such cases the Message takes VYVVVVVV9
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