Faithfulness, as our Lord calls it, is the true wisdom.

The child of his old age, I come to-night to pay an humble tribute to him, who, in the hour of my birth, took me into his watchful care, and whose parental faithfulness, combined with that of my mother, was the means of bringing my erring feet to the cross, and kindling in my soul anticipations of immortal blessedness.

The moral faithfulness of which Mr. Newman speaks, is the equivalent of the sincere search of God in good word and work, which his opponent talks of.

Faithfulness is an attitude of the mind, and all it touches turns to Beatrice.

For if he says to himself, "Your faithfulness and perseverance are signs of disease, not virtues," it adds one bitterness the more.