We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

In some time, his good time, I shall arrive; He guides me and the bird In his good time.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.