It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves?

O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

Little opportunities should be improved.