Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.
Interpretation
Praise prepares us for a deeper appreciation of life and existence.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon suggests that praise is not only an expression of gratitude and recognition but also a practice for cultivating a sense of joy and purpose. It implies that embracing praise in our lives can prepare us for greater spiritual experiences and a harmonious existence, akin to a beautiful song that resonates eternally.
In practice
In a speech about gratitude and the importance of acknowledging others.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.
The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.
Don't censor yourself to comfort their ignorance.
Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.
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