Stronger than steel
Is the sword of the Spirit;
Swifter than arrows
The light of the Truth is;
Greater than anger
Is Love, and subdueth!
Children of nature, we are also sons of God. To wear away life in unproductive harmlessness is innocent no more. With the glory, we take the cross. We too, like our great Leader, must be made perfect through suffering, but the hour of exceeding sorrow will prepare the day of godlike strength.
Restlessly forwards thou must struggle,
Never pause, never be weary,
If thou wilt the consummation see.
Heaven begun is the living proof that makes the Heaven to come credible. He alone can believe in immortality who feels the resurrection in him already.
Friend, give heed to the sorrows of others,
And learn to bear thine own more easily.
What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is Eternal Life already entered on.
How knowest thou what argument
Thy life thy neighbor's creed has lent?
It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.
The purse of the patient frequently protracts his cure.
