And thou, Lord Jesus, who art the truth “that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world” (St. John i.), let it not come to pass that one soul out of this great assemblage should return this day from the foot of this pulpit to the common turmoil of the world without bearing within itself the ineffable wound of a dawning conviction. And if, O Lord! thou requirest unto this end the sacrifice of a human life, let this day be my last on earth, and this hour the last hour of my mortal pilgrimage.
AFFIRMATIONS.
“It is the child’s spirit that is to be loved and sympathized with, not his body; the body must be pampered as little as possible.”
“Principle must unite with purpose before it becomes practical.”
“Human nature must do as nature does—cling to the sustainer, and then it will be always producing new fruits.”
“We are none the better for reflecting upon our own ideas of heat, but if we would cease reflecting and let the heat warm us, the heat would itself realize what our reflected reflections never can.”
“There is a communion with God, with saints, and also with angels, and then with each other, but this is not in space and time, or with the space and time man.”
“That which Love requires for the everlasting food, the man of this world expends in heaping up rubbish.”