relieve my heart of its secrets, because I take so much

pleasure in thus doing; but if my motives are sinister, [1]

they will harm myself only, and I shall have the unself-

ish joy of knowing that the wrong motives are not yours,

to react on yourselves.

These two words in Scripture suggest the sweetest [5]

similes to be found in any language—rock and feathers:

“Upon this rock I will build my church;” “He shall

cover thee with His feathers.” How blessed it is to

think of you as “beneath the shadow of a great rock in