There Is No More Dangerous Illusion Than

Alas! How Many Souls There Are Full Of Self, And Yet Desirous Of Doing Good And Serving God, But In Such A Way As To Suit Themselves; Who Desire To Impose Rules Upon God As To His Manner Of Drawing Them To Himself. They Want To Serve And Possess Him, But They Are Not Willing To Be Possessed By Him.

Peace Does Not Dwell In Outward Things But Within The Soul; We May Preserve It In The Midst Of The Bitterest Pain, If Our Will Remains Firm And Submissive. Peace In This Life Springs From Acquiescence To, Not An Exemption From, Suffering.

There Is Never Any Peace For Those Who Resist God.

Never Let Us Be Discouraged With Ourselves. It Is Not When We Are Conscious Of Our Faults That We Are The Most Wicked; On The Contrary, We Are Less So. We See By A Brighter Light; And Let Us Remember For Our Consolation, That We Never Perceive Our Sins Till We Begin To Cure Them.

Do We Accustom Ourselves To See All Things In The Light Of Faith? Do We Correct All Our Judgments By It? Alas! The Greater Part Of Christians Think And Act Like Mere Heathens; If We Judge (as We Justly May) Of Their Faith By Their Practice, We Must Conclude They Have No Faith At All.