treasure-cellars

Updated: June 4, 2025

'I beheaded him! I, and none else, was the murderer. Oh! dear brethren, do you see to it that what you store up in these caves and treasure-cellars of memory which we all carry with us, are deeds that will bear being brought out again and looked at in the pure white light of conscience, and which you will neither be ashamed nor afraid to lay your hand upon and say: 'It is mine; I planted and sowed and worked it, and I am ready to reap the fruit. 'If thou be wise thou shalt be wise for thyself, if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it. Take care of the storehouses of memory and of conscience, and mind what kind of things you lay up there.

Alexander Maclaren - Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Mark