--SOUTHEY.
Thou must content thyself to see the world so imperfect as it is. Thou
wilt never have any quiet if thou vexest thyself, because thou canst
not bring mankind to that exact notion of things and rule of life
which thou hast formed in thy own mind.--FULLER.
I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only
to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God
appoints.--JEAN INGELOW.
Everybody in this world wants watching, but nobody more than
ourselves.--H.W. SHAW.
O what a glory doth this world put on,
For him who with a fervent heart goes forth,
Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks
On duties well performed and days well spent.
--LONGFELLOW.
Trust not the world, for it never payeth that it promiseth.
--ST. AUGUSTINE.
WORSHIP.--The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of
man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.--HOSEA
BALLOU.
It is for the sake of man, not of God, that worship and prayers are
required; not that God may be rendered more glorious, but that man may
be made better,--that he may be confirmed in a proper sense of his
dependent state, and acquire those pious and virtuous dispositions in
which his highest improvement consists.--BLAIR.
Lord, let us to thy gates repair
To hear the gladdening sound,
That we may find salvation there,
While yet it may be found.
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