God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.

Go down again - I dwell among the people.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.