In the hush of the Valley of Silence,
I hear all the songs that I sing,
And the music floats down the dim valley,
Till each finds a word for a wing,—
That to men, like the dove of the Deluge,
The message of peace they may bring.
Every man takes care that his neighbor does not cheat him; but a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well; then he has changed his market-wagon into a chariot of the sun.
Only to the earnestness that fainteth at no toil
Floweth the deeply hidden spring of Truth;
Only to the chisel's heavy stroke,
Doth the marble's hard grain yield.
It is good that we sometimes have trouble and crosses, for they often make a man enter into himself, and consider that he ought not to put his trust in any earthly thing. .
It has been said that the words for life and love are from the same root in language. Certain it is, that He who is Love is Life also, and the Creator and Preserver of all things. .
Do today's duty, fight today's temptation. Do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them. .
The best workmen in the Master's vineyard are those who labor most in Love; for Love is strongest, wisest, and best.
So sure as God loves us, whatever is for His interest must be for our interest too.
The material law is only the shadow and type of the spiritual law.
We want fewer church-steeples and more done.
