And I will make thy windows of Agates.
Let us not forget
How fairly the sun has risen and set;
Each year has brought us some sunny hours,
With a wealth of song and a crown of flowers;
Power to love and time to pray,
Its gifts have been ere it passed away.
Polished steel will not shine in the dark. No more can reason, however refined and cultivated, shine efficaciously, except as it reflects the light of Divine Truth, shed from Heaven.
A graciousness in giving, that doth make
The small'st gift greatest; and a sense most meek
Of worthiness, that doth not fear to take
From others, but which always fears to speak
Its thanks in utterance, for the giver's sake.
The life of duty, without love, is hard and disagreeable and imperfect; and the life of love, without the practical works of charity, is selfish and unworthy.
Live not without a friend! The Alpine rock must own
Its mossy grace, or else be nothing but a stone.
Devotion to the person of Christ, if it steers us clear of the doctrines and precepts of Christ, is sentimental rhapsody.
Men write their wrongs in marble; he, more just,
Stooped down divine, and wrote his in the dust.
It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
