Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper.

Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards.

Life itself suggests a higher good than life itself can yield.

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.

Christ illustrates the purport of life as He descends from His transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.