Social-Forces Gentle
F. Greeves. Matthew 12:14-21 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. And so it is in social life: we think a great deal of the matters that astonish and dazzle us; of the outbreak of passionate feeling in a noble cause, of the hearts that inflame the multitude, of the deed of superhuman daring that makes a man the hero of an hour, of some noble work in rescuing life from flood or fire — these things occupy our thoughts, and we drink very little of the thousand names, and deeds, and looks of kindness, by which God is honoured, and humanity is blessed, and the world is made liker heaven. And yet who wilt venture to say that the aggregate of the world's happiness is as much promoted by that public deed, however noble and illustrious, as by the silent stay-at-home virtues of multitudes of persons whose names will never be known until the great day shall declare them? (F. Greeves.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. WEB: But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.