A Blessed Craving

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. Matt. 5:6 How precious a boon is righteousness! Trash are all the treasures of earthly possessions, deceitful gloss is all the gleam and glimmer of glory, of name and fame, of wisdom and knowledge that are from below, dregs and dross are all the fleeting pleasures of the flesh in comparison with righteousness! More to be desired than all the sinful soul seeks after in this world! For if a man should...