Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

That however advanced any man may 'be-in' age or piety, he is still in danger of falling.

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.

Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.