December 2

“Time is spent in lamenting past sins, which ought to be spent in attending to present duties; the heart is given up to fears which ought to be given up to God; weak regret takes the place of vigorous resolution; longings for a sense of God’s presence, or for a sense of our own love, fill up our souls when we ought to be proving our love by the proof which He has named, that is, keeping His commandments.”

Bishop TEMPLE

“The full employment of all powers, physical, mental, and spiritual, is the true secret of happiness, so that no time may be left for morbid self-analysis.”

TOM HUGHES

“To watch one’s soul all the time, seeking for moral disease, is as bad as to watch one’s body all the time, seeking for physical disease. Do not look within to see whether your feelings are right; but look without to see what you are doing for others; what you are saying; what your temper and spirits are to those about you. Look up, also, for higher light and more life.”

J. F. CLARKE