Love Is The Spirit Of Life, And

We Are Either Progressing Or Retrograding All The While; There Is No Such Thing As Remaining Stationary In This Life.

When I Consider What Some Books Have Done For The World, And What They Are Doing, How They Keep Up Our Hope, Awaken New Courage And Faith, Soothe Pain, Give An Ideal Life Those Whose Hours Are Cold And Hard, Bind Together Distant Ages And Foreign Lands, Create New Worlds Of Beauty, Bring Down Truth From Heaven; I Give Eternal Blessings For This Gift, And Thank God For Books.

In The Spirit Of Faith Let Us Begin Each Day, And We Shall Be Sure To " Redeem The Time " Which It Brings To Us, By Changing It Into Something Definite And Eternal. There Is A Deep Meaning In This Phrase Of The Apostle, To Redeem Time. We Redeem Time, And Do Not Merely Use It. We Transform It Into Eternity By Living It Aright.

Unmixed Praise Is Not Due To Any One. It Leaves Behind A Sense Of Unreality. We Can Only Do Justice To A Great Man By A Discriminating Criticism. Hero-worship, Which Paints A Faultless Monster, Whom The World Never Saw, Is Like Those Modern Pictures Which Are A Blaze Of Light Without Any Shadow.

Take Thy Self-denials Gaily And Cheerfully, And Let The Sunshine Of Thy Gladness Fall On Dark Things And Bright Alike, Like The Sunshine Of The Almighty.