To get good is animal; to do good is human, to be good is Divine. The true use of a man's possessions is to help his work; and the best end of all his work is to show us what he is. The noblest workers of our world bequeath us nothing so great as the image of themselves. Their task, be it ever so glorious, is historical and transient, the majesty of their spirit is essential and eternal.
Every word, thought, and deed has its influence upon the destiny of man. Every life, well spent or ill spent, bears with it a long train of consequences, extending through generations yet unborn.
No fountain is so small but that heaven may be imaged in its bosom.
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God.
Thank God! some lights never go out. Death cannot quench them. They shine forever. Luther's great lantern, "The just shall live by faith," still gleams from Wartburg Castle. John Bunyan's lamp twinkles yet through the gratings of Bedford jail.
My mother spoke of Christ to father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur of complaint, gained him at the close of his life to Christ.
