It is not in the bright, happy day, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in their long, long distances. And it is in sorrow - the night of the soul - that we see farthest, and know ourselves natives of infinity, and sons and daughters of the Most High.
William MountfordDuty reaches down the ages in its effects, and into eternity; and when the man goes about it resolutely, it seems to me now as though his footsteps were echoing beyond the stars, though only heard faintly in the atmosphere of this world.
William MountfordTo understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless he loves.
William MountfordThis earth will be looked back on like a lowly home, and this life of ours be remembered like a short apprenticeship to duty.
William Mountford