All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.

Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The slender capacity of man's heart cannot comprehend the unfathomable depth and burning zeal of God's love toward us.

We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

If then, Moses so distinctly announces that there is in us not only a faculty, but also a facility for keeping all commandments, why are we sweating so much? ... What need is there now of Christ or of Spirit? We have found a passage that asserts freedom of choice, but also distinctly teaches that the keeping of the commandments is easy.

It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business in the morning and the last in the evening. Guard yourself against such false and deceitful thoughts that keep whispering, "Wait a while. In an hour or so I will pray. I must first finish this or that." Thinking such thoughts we get away from prayer into other things that will hold us and involve us till the prayer of the day comes to naught.