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“DILIGENCE in Christ’s service is a sure method of gain and growth in grace.”

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“A WISE man ought to hope for the best, be prepared for the worst, and bear with equanimity whatever may happen.”

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“You censured your friend for his seeming coldness and indifference in his treatment of you in your time of extreme grief and trial. You did not know then that he was wrestling with a similar, or even greater trial. ‘Now we know in part.’ We therefore should judge charitably and moderately the conduct of others.”

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— January, 1885 —