It is a higher exhibition of Christian manliness to be able to bear trouble than to get rid of it.

Some men will not shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow-men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to black their neighbor's reputation on week-days.

When God thought of mother, He must have laughed with satisfaction, and framed it quickly - so rich, so deep, so divine, so full of soul, power, and beauty, was the conception.

The beginning is the promise of the end.

Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps.

The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!