A WORD A DAY.
INSPIRATION.
Inspiration is the stimulus which awakens the desire to live more wisely, love more sincerely and grow more spiritually. It is literally a breathing in (or into) a combination of the Latin in and spiro, as opposed to expiration. It is but one more evidence of the necessity of surrounding ourselves with beautiful and elevating influences. The very air we breathe, the friends we meet, the studies we pursue become a part of us. We must, therefore, be careful what inspires us—what we take into our consciousness.
In the Scriptures and elsewhere inspiration is used to designate the breathing into by God—or influence of Spirit—and it is in this sense, perhaps, we should most delight to .use it. Stress the third syllable of in-spi-ra-tion, and sound the first two i’s as in till, a as in late, tion as shun. “The inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”
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Southland Times, Issue 21096, 30 May 1930, Page 8
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153A WORD A DAY. Southland Times, Issue 21096, 30 May 1930, Page 8
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