How are we to overcome temptations? Cheerfulness is the fir… - Frederick William Faber

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How are we to overcome temptations? Cheerfulness is the first thing, cheerfulness the second, and cheerfulness the third. The devil is chained. He can bark, but he cannot bite, unless we go up to him and let him do so.

Frederick William Faber

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Frederick William Faber (June 28, 1814 – September 26, 1863) was an English hymn writer and theologian.

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Alternative Names: Frederick W. Faber

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Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Faith is a letting down our nets into the untransparent deeps at the divine command, not knowing what we shall take.

See! he sinks
Without a word; and his ensanguined bier
Is vacant in the west, while far and near
Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks,
Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry
Amid thy cloud-built streets.

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