He who thinks that he is being released from the work, and not set free in order that he may accomplish that work, mistakes the Christ from whom the freedom comes, mistakes the condition into which his soul is invited.

Those who help a child help humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.

No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.

No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.