Hush! Still as death, The tempest holds his breath As from a sudden will; The rain stops short, but from the eaves You see it drop, and hear it from the leaves, All is so bodingly still.

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between, But I believe in Heaven.

He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.

Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

God does not weigh criminality in our scales. We have one absolute, with the seal of authority upon it; and with us an ounce is an ounce, and a pound a pound. God's measure is the heart of the offender,--a balance which varies with every one of us, a balance so delicate that a tear cast in the other side may make the weight of error kick the beam.