All natural results are spontaneous. The diamond sparkles without effort, and the flowers open impulsively beneath the summer rain. And true religion is a spontaneous thing,--as natural as it is to weep, to love, or to rejoice.

Humanity is so constituted that the basest criminal represents you and me, as well as the most glorious saint that walks on high. We are reflected in all other men; all other men are embodied in us.

Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.

It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

We have not the innocence of Eden; but by God's help and Christ's example we may have the victory of Gethsemane.

Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.