He Who Confesses Magic Or Sorcery Shall

What Is There Astonishing In The Death Of A Mortal? But We Are Grieved At His Dying Before His Time. Are We Sure That This Was Not His Time? We Do Not Know How To Pick And Choose What Is Good For Our Souls, Or How To Fix The Limits Of The Life Of Man.

[every Disappointment Or Misfortune Can Become A Blessing In Disguise, For Which We Should Be Grateful. But Only If The Hidden Blessing Is Anticipated, Expected And Searched For Will It Be Found And Recognised As Such And The Most Made Of It. For Example...] Many A Man Curses The Rain That Falls Upon His Head, And Knows Not That It Brings Abundance To Drive Away Hunger.

Beside Each Believer Stands An Angel As Protector And Shepherd, Leading Him To Life.

All These Stupendous Objects Are Daily Around Us; But Because They Are Constantly Exposed To Our View, They Never Affect Our Minds, So Natural Is It For Us To Admire New, Rather Than Grand Objects. Therefore The Vast Multitude Of Stars Which Diversify The Beauty Of This Immense Body Does Not Call The People Together; But When Any Change Happens Therein, The Eyes Of All Are Fixed Upon The Heavens.

O God, Enlarge Within Us The Sense Of Fellowship With All Living Things, Even Our Brothers, The Animals, To Whom Thou Gavest The Earth As Their Home In Common With Us. We Must Remember With Shame That In The Past We Have Exercised The High Dominion Of Man With Ruthless Cruelty So That The Voice Of The Earth, Which Should Have Gone Up To Thee In Song, Has Been A Groan Of Pain. May We Realize That They Live, Not For Us Alone, But For Themselves And For Thee And That They Love The Sweetness Of Life.