The bare walls had been too good for us, but thy love was above our desert: thou, that madest ready the earth for us before we were, hast, by the same mercy, prepared a place in heaven for us, while we are on earth.
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Shine thou, O God, into the vast corners of my soul, and in thy light I shall see light.
In vain shall Moses be upon the hill, if Joshua be not in the valley. Prayer without means is a mockery of God.
Nothing is more dangerous than to mint God's services in our own brain.