Duty Is Ours, Results Are God's.

The Attainment Of Knowledge Is The High And Exclusive Attribute Of Man, Among The Numberless Myriads Of Animated Beings, Inhabitants Of The Terrestrial Globe. On Him Alone Is Bestowed, By The Bounty Of The Creator Of The Universe, The Power And The Capacity Of Acquiring Knowledge. Knowledge Is The Attribute Of His Nature Which At Once Enables Him To Improve His Condition Upon Earth, And To Prepare Him For The Enjoyment Of A Happier Existence Hereafter.

Is It Not That, In The Chain Of Human Events, The Birthday Of The Nation Is Indissolubly Linked With The Birthday Of The Saviour?

I Shall Look For Whatever Success May Attend My Public Service; And Knowing That "except The Lord Keep The City The Watchman Waketh But In Vain," With Fervent Supplications For His Favor, To His Overruling Providence I Commit With Humble But Fearless Confidence My Own Fate And The Future Destinies Of My Country.

I Inhabit A Weak, Frail, Decayed Tenement; Battered By The Winds And Broken In On By The Storms, And, From All I Can Learn, The Landlord Does Not Intend To Repair.

The Hope Of A Christian Is Inseparable From His Faith. Whoever Believes In The Divine Inspiration Of The Holy Scriptures Must Hope That The Religion Of Jesus Shall Prevail Throughout The Earth.