"Trust arises from the mind's instinctive feeling after fixed realities, after the substance of every shadow, the base…"

"This it is that gives a majesty so pure and touching to the historic figure of Christ; self-abandonment to God, utter…"

"There is no room in the universe for the least contempt or pride; but only for a gentle and a reverent heart."

"From the moment of his self-dedication, when he threw His cares away, and went forth not knowing where to lay his hea…"

"To him let us but cleave in all our strife; and the Tempter will flee; the wilderness will be desolate no more; angel…"

"One thing alone my heart requires, — one gleam of living light amid the ashes and the gloom; that, while my penance i…"

"It was in his parting sorrow that Jesus asked his disciples to remember him; and never was entreaty of affection answ…"

"Human character is never found "to enter into its glory," except through the ordeal of affliction. Its force cannot c…"

"If it is permitted to the enlightened but baffled Statesman, when deserted and fallen from his place, to appeal from …"

"The secret belief that the Lord of conscience loves and accepts each faithful sacrifice is the ultimate and sufficien…"