"Set A Guard Over My Mouth, O LORD; Keep Watch Over The Door Of My Lips."

The lesson may be hard to many of us
(J.R. Miller, "The Shining Light" 1911)

"Study to be quiet." 
1 Thessalonians 4:11  

True spiritual culture is toward 
the control and the restraining of speech. 
Christian faith gives a quietness which 
in itself is one of life's holiest blessings. 
It gives the quietness of peace--
a quietness which the wildest storms 
cannot disturb, which is a richer 
possession than all the world's 
wealth or power. 

"Study to be quiet." 

The lesson may be hard to many of us--
but it is well worth all the cost of learning. 
It brings strength and peace to the heart. 

Speech is good--
but often silence is better.  He who 
has learned to hold his tongue, 
is a greater conqueror than 
the warrior who subdues an empire! 

The power to be silent under 
provocation and wrongs, and 
in the midst of danger and alarms--
is the power of the noblest, royalest 
victoriousness!

"Everyone should be quick 
to listen, slow to speak." 
James 1:19

"When words are many, sin is not absent, 
but he who holds his tongue is wise." 
Proverbs 10:19  

"Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; 
keep watch over the door of my lips." 
 Psalm 141:3