Undoubtedly A Man Is To Labor To

We Smile At The Ignorance Of The Savage Who Cuts Down The Tree In Order To Reach Its Fruit; But The Same Blunder Is Made By Every Person Who Is Over Eager And Impatient In The Pursuit Of Pleasure.

Religion Is Faith In An Infinite Creator, Who Delights In And Enjoins That Rectitude Which Conscience Commands Us To Seek. This Conviction Gives A Divine Sanction To Duty.

The Sin That Now Rises To Memory As Your Bosom Sin, Let This First Of All Be Withstood And Mastered. Oppose It Instantly By A Detestation Of It, By A Firm Will To Conquer It, By Reflection, By Reason, And By Prayer.

All Noble Enthusiasms Pass Through A Feverish Stage, And Grow Wiser And More Serene

Difficulties Are Meant To Rouse, Not Discourage. The Human Spirit Is To Grow Strong By Conflict.