fancy to your own misery is to abuse it and to
sin. The realm of the possible was given to man to _hope_ and not to
_fear_ in.

_Letters and Memories_. 1842.

Cry of the Heart and Reason. May 18.

A living God, a true God, a real God, a God worthy of the name, a God who
is working for ever, everywhere, and in all; who hates nothing that He
has made, forgets nothing, neglects nothing; a God who satisfies not only
the head but the heart, not only the logical intellect but the highest
reason--that pure reason which is one with the conscience and moral
sense! For Him we cry out, Him we seek, and if we cannot find Him we
know no rest.

_Water of Life Sermons_. 1867.

Speaking the Truth in Love. May 19.

Whenever we are tempted to say more than is needful, let us remember St.
John's words (in the only sermon we have on record of his), "Little
children, love one another," and ask God for His Holy Spirit, the spirit
of love, which, instead of weakening a man's words, makes them all the
stronger in the cause of truth, because they are spoken in love.

How difficult it is to distinguish between the loving _tact_, which
avoids giving offence to a weaker brother, and the fear of man, which
bringeth a snare!

_MS. Letter_. 1842.

Peasant Souls. May 20.

. . . Dull boors
See deeper than we think, and hide within
Those leathern hulls unfathomable truths,
Which we amid thought's glittering mazes lose.
They grind among the iron facts of life,
And have no time for self-deception.

_Saint's Tragedy_, Act iii. Scene ii.
1847.

Death and Everlasting Life. May 21.

Do not rashly count on some sudden radical change happening to you as
soon as you die to make you fit for heaven. There is not one word in the
Bible which gives us reason to suppose that we shall not be in the next
world the same persons that we have made ourselves in this world. . . .
What we sow here we shall reap there. And it is good for us to know and
face this. Anything is good for us, however unpleasant it may be, which
drives us from the only real misery, which is sin and selfishness, to the
only true happiness, which is the everlasting life of Christ, a pure,
loving, just, generous, useful life of goodness.

_Good News of God Sermons_.

Science and Virtue. May 22.

Science is great; but she is not the greatest. She is an instrument and
not a power--beneficent or deadly, according as she is wielded by the