Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man.

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Low stir of leaves and dip of oars And lapsing waves on quiet shores.

Truth should be the first lesson of the child and the last aspiration of manhood; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.

And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.