Exodus 2:22

Life and its moods."He called his name Gershom," etc. ( Exodus 2:22 ), compared with — "And the name of the other was Eliezer," etc. ( Exodus 18:4 ). Note the isolation and misery of the earlier time, and the mercy of the later — each begetting its own tone and mood of mind; and further, the desirability of living above the mood of the passing day. Rev. O . Kingsley says ('Life,' 1:82): "Let us watch against tones. They are unsafe things. The tone of a man or woman's mind ought to be that of thoughtful reverence and love; but neither joy or sorrow, or activity or passiveness, or any other animal tone, ought to be habitual," etc. — R .