--GLADSTONE.
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of
the Lord.--JOB 1:21.
Dare to look up to God and say: "Deal with me in the future as thou
wilt. I am of the same mind as thou art; I am thine. I refuse nothing
that pleases Thee. Lead me where Thou wilt; cloth me in any dress Thou
choosest."--EPICTETUS.
No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a
rainbow in it.--BISHOP HORNE.
Let God do with me what He will, anything He will; and, whatever it
be, it will be either heaven itself, or some beginning of it.--MOUNTFORD.
Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which
is their own? All we have is the Almighty's; and shall not God have
his own when he calls for it?--WILLIAM PENN.
RESOLUTION.--He only is a well-made man who has a good termination.
--EMERSON.
Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose
That you resolved to effect.
--SHAKESPEARE.
REST.--Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics;
let your brain rest, you wearied and worried men of business; let your
limbs rest, ye children of toil!--CARLYLE.
Absence of occupation is not rest.
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
--COWPER.
God giveth quietness at last.--WHITTIER.
Of all our loving Father's gifts
I often wonder which is best,
And cry: Dear God, the one that lifts
Our soul from weariness to rest,
The rest of silence--that is best.
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