If We Insist On Being As Sure

It Is Almost A Definition Of A Gentleman To Say That He Is One Who Never Inflicts Pain.

Without Self-knowledge You Have No Root In Yourselves Personally; You May Endure For A Time, But Under Affliction Or Persecution Your Faith Will Not Last. This Is Why Many In This Age (and In Every Age) Become Infidels, Heretics, Schismatics, Disloyal Despisers Of The Church. They Cast Off The Form Of Truth, Because It Never Has Been To Them More Than A Form. They Endure Not, Because They Never Have Tasted That The Lord Is Gracious; And They Never Have Had Experience Of His Power And Love, Because They Have Never Known Their Own Weakness And Need.

I Wonder What Day I Shall Die On - One Passes Year By Year Over One's Death Day, As One Might Pass Over One's Grave.

The Attributes Of God, Though Intelligible To Us On Their Surface Yet, For The Very Reason That They Are Infinite, Transcend Our Comprehension, When They Are Dwelt Upon, When They Are Followed Out, And Can Only Be Received By Faith.

May He Support Us All The Day Long, Till The Shades Lengthen, And The Evening Comes, And The Busy World Is Hushed, And The Fever Of Life Is Over, And Our Work Is Done! Then In His Mercy May He Give Us A Safe Lodging, And A Holy Rest, And Peace At The Last.