We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour's crucifixion.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

The more man becomes irradiated with Divinity, the more, not the less, truly he is man.

For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.