Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is nothing else to bear; and touching that cross, find that instead of taking away our strength, it adds thereto. Give us faith for darkness, for trouble, for sorrow, for bereavement, for disappointment; give us a faith that will abide though the earth itself should pass away--a faith for living, a faith for dying.

There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.