I find my mind for some time past enlarged by the habitual consideration of eternity. These thoughts tend much to rectify the judgment; and when that is fully instructed the passions are easily adjusted. How contracted are our views while confined within the limits of time. Here there are no objects in any degree adequate to the vast powers and infinite desires of an immortal soul; but when we contemplate eternity what a boundless prospect presents itself! What a full scope may we there give to our most extensive views and wishes. There all our holy affections may roam at large, and find abundance of objects perfectly suited in kind and duration to their nature. O my God, in these glorious regions of bliss and peace which the gospel brings to light, may I for ever enjoy thee.
Darcy Maxwell — John Lancaster, The Life of Darcy, Lady Maxwell, of Pollock; Late of Edinburgh: Compiled from Her Voluminous Diary and Correspondence (New-York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1840), ch. XIX, diary entry for February 20, 1784, p. 216
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