Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;
Right hath a power that makes thee strong.
The night is dark, but light is near;
The grief is short, the joy is long.
There is nothing in the universe I fear but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.
Stern daughter of the voice of God!
A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously the clearness of our mental vision.
No man living in deliberate violation of his duty, in willful disobedience to God's commands, as taught by conscience, can possibly make progress in acquaintance with the Supreme Being. Vain are all acts of worship in church or in secret, vain are religious reading and conversation, without this instant fidelity.
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will see the defect when the weaving of a life-time is unrolled.
Neglect of one duty often renders us unfit for another. God "is a rewarder," and one great principle on which He dispenses His rewards is this—through our faithfulness in one thing He bestows grace upon us to be faithful in another.
We make time for duties we love.
