Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need.

Speak, move, act in peace.

Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?

I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.