"But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit; some an hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold." (Matt xiii. 8.) Seneca (Letter 38): "_Words must be sown like seed; which, although it be small, when it hath found a suitable ground, unfolds its strength, and from very small size is expanded into the largest increase. Reason does the same.... The things spoken are few; but if the mind have received them well, they gain strength and grow_." 7. _All Men are Sinners_. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." (1 John i. 8.) Seneca (_On Anger_, i. 14, ii. 27): "_If we wish to be just judges of all things, let us first persuade ourselves of this:--that there is not one of us without fault.... No man is found who can acquit himself; and he who calls himself innocent does so with reference to a witness, and not to his conscience_." 8. _Avarice_. "The love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Tim. vi. 10.) Seneca (_On Tranquillity of Soul_, 8): "_Riches ... the greatest source of human trouble_." "Be content with such things as ye have." (Heb. xiii. 5.) "Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." (1 Tim. vi. 8.) Seneca (_Letter_ 114): "_We shall be wise if we desire but little; if each man takes count of himself, and at the same time measures his own body, he will know how little it can contain, and for how short a time_." _Letter_ 110: "_We have polenta, we have water; let us challenge Jupiter himself to a comparison of bliss!_" "Godliness with contentment is great gain." (1 Tim. vi. 6.) Seneca (_Letter_ 110): "_Why are you struck with wonder and astonishment? It is all display! Those things are shown, not possessed_.... _Turn thyself rather to the true riches, learn to be content with little_." "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matt. xix. 24.) Seneca (_Letter_ 20): "_He is a high-souled man who sees riches spread around him, and hears rather than feels that they are his. It is much not to be corrupted by fellowship with riches: great is he who in the midst of wealth is poor, but safer he who has no wealth at all_." 9. _The Duty of Kindness_. "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love." (Rom. xii. 10.) Seneca (_On Anger_, i. 5): "_Man is born for mutual assistance_." "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Lev. xiv. 18.) _Letter_ 48: "_You must live for another, if you wish to live for yourself_." _On Anger_, iii. 43: "_While we are among men let us cultivate kindness; let us not be to any man a cause either of peril or of fear_." 10. _Our common Membership_. "Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." (1 Cor. xii. 27.) "We being many are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." (Rom. xii. 5.)