Death? Translated into the heavenly tongue, that word means life!

October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.

There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

But when we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future to see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come as to how we shall avert them if they ever do come, we lose our proper trustfulness in God. When we torment ourselves with imaginary dangers, or trials, or reverses, we have already parted with that perfect love which casteth out fear.