n the edge
of appetite. We need them to invite the mind and the soul to new
possibilities and powers. We need them in order to come back with new
implements, or with implements redressed, sharpened, for the daily
duties.

We need periods of being by ourselves--_alone_. Sometimes a fortnight or
even a week will do wonders for one, unless he or she has drawn too
heavily upon the account. The simple custom, moreover, of taking an
hour, or even a half hour, _alone in the quiet_, in the midst of the
daily routine of life, would be the source of _inestimable gain_ for
countless numbers.

* * * * *

I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.

_Whittier_

* * * * *

We need more faith in everyday life--faith in the power that works for
good, faith in the Infinite God, and hence faith in ourselves created in
His image. And however things at times may seem to go, however dark at
times appearances may be, the knowledge of the fact that "the Supreme
Power has us in its charge as it has the suns and endless systems of
worlds in space," will give us the supreme faith that all is well with
us, the same as all is well with the world. "Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee."

There is nothing firmer, and safer, and surer than Deity. Then, as we
recognize the fact that we have it in our own hands to open ourselves
ever more fully to this Infinite Power, and call upon it to manifest
itself in and through us, we will find in ourselves an ever increasing
sense of power. For in this way we are working in conjunction with it,
and it in turn is working in conjunction with us. We are then led into
the full realization of the fact that all things work together for good
to those that love the good.

* * * * *

Earth breaks up, time drops away,
In flows Heaven with its new day.

_Browning_

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