the men of science, the astronomers, the mathematicians,
the founders of the arts, were held to be miraculous, gods, and they
were deified. What any one man (and this is a most comfortable and
cheering thought) has been or has done, all men may in a measure be
or do, for each is a type, a specimen of the whole human race. If it
is said in reply, 'These miracles or great acts, which you hold as
actual, are mere superstitious dreams,' I care not. That would be
still more glorious for us, for then they are still to be performed,
they are in the coming time, these divine prophetic instincts are yet
to be actualized. The dreams of Orpheus, the inspired strains of the
Hebrew bards, and, above all, the prophecies of Christ, are before
us. The divine instincts will be realized as surely as there is a God
above who inspires them. It is the glory of God that they should be
so; it is His delight. This world must become heaven. This is its
destiny; and our destiny, under God, is to make it so. Prophecy is
given to encourage and nourish our hopes and feed our joys, so that
we may say with Job, 'I know that although worms shall eat this
flesh, and my bones become dust, yet at the latter day I shall see my
Redeemer face to face.'"

The sentences which follow can be paralleled by words taken from all
who have truly interpreted the doctrine of Christ by their lives or
their writings:

"To him that has faith all things are possible, for faith is an act
of the soul; thy faith is the measure of thy power."

"If men would act from the present inspiration of their souls they
would gain more knowledge than they do by reading or speculating."

"No man in his heart can ask for more than he has. Think of this
deeply. God is just. We have what we ought to have, even according to
our own sense of justice."

"The desire to love and be beloved, to have friends with whom we can
converse, to enter society which we enjoy--is it not best to deny and
sacrifice these desires? It may be said that, gratified, they add to
life, and the question is how to increase life, not how to diminish
it. But by denying them, would not our life gain by flowing in a more
heavenly direction?"

"We are daily feeding the demons that are in us by our wicked
thoughts and sinful acts; these are their meat and drink. I make them
gasp sometimes. My heart laughs quite merrily to think of it. When I
am hungry, and there is something tempting on the table, hunger, like
a ser