‘Be particular about time, one may waste so much in mere talk; have some rule and respect it.
‘Take a little time at mid-day for prayer. Then if you don’t feel right, just go on quietly and untroubled, trying to do as well as you can.
‘Read some daily portion on your knees and look up in faith. He “feedeth the young ravens that call upon Him.”
To one who wrote that she found the character of the county in which her school was placed ‘detestable.’
‘I am most sorry about your finding the —— character “detestable.” If you have seemed called to work there, you must be intended to love them, to see what is good in them first, then what needs correction. I dare say their good qualities are just complementary to yours, just what you want.
‘How does your Bishop feel about the flock over which the Great Shepherd has made him overseer? and how does the Great Shepherd Himself feel towards our detestable characters?
Many letters to young teachers dealt with the care of health, which was always impressed as a sacred duty upon girls and teachers alike. Body and mind should be kept fit for duty. Hence social engagements which would make it imperative to sit up late at night should be cut off as far as possible. Holidays should be spent in such a way as to gain complete freshness and rest and where there was no risk of infection, not even of taking cold.
Here is one to Miss Arnold:—
‘I am so vexed to hear about this chronic headache. Remember it is one of your duties to God, Who has given you work, to keep yourself fit, so you must use every means. I dare say a tonic would do you good.