If there is no other world and there is no fruit and ripening of actions well done or ill done, then here and now in this life I shall be free from hostility, affliction, and anxiety, and I shall live happily.
The point... Is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when turning upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.
It is by faith that poetry, as well as devotion, soars above this dull earth; that imagination breaks through its clouds, breathes a purer air, and lives in a softer light.
We need to learn to know him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with him. To know jesus in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us, as a christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
