Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.
I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.
Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.
The astronomer will believe that the most erratic comet will yet accomplish its journey and revisit our sphere; but we give up those for lost who have not wandered one-half the distance from the centre of light and life.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.
