I give you
a quotation: 'After I had come to Ireland I used daily to feed cattle,
and I often prayed during the day. More and more did the love of God
and the fear of Him increase, and faith became stronger and the spirit
was moved; so that in one day I said as many as a hundred prayers, and
in the night nearly the same. . . . And there was no sluggishness in
me, as I now see there is, for at that time the spirit was fervent
within me.' Pathetic--that last part. He might have been living at
Cambridge! But I hope better things for you.

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_To C. T. W._

Thirlmere: September 1900.

My thoughts are with you now--and my prayers. 'He had seven stars--in
His right hand,' was the thought which comforted me at my own
ordination, when I felt, as seldom before, my own hollowness and
incapacity. We can shed light--we are safe--because we are 'in His
right hand.' 'The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms.' We can never go beyond His love and care. In
moments of perplexity and uncertainty, although we cannot feel His
presence, He is there. 'In His right hand.' 'They that turn many to
righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.'

May God give you the power to love and the power to pray! Much prayer
and much love are needed for a successful ministry. Good-bye, and God
bless you and make you a true and faithful pastor! Remember St. Paul's
words: _he dunamis en astheneia teleitai. edista oun mallon
kauchesomai en tais astheneiais, hina episkenose ep eme he dunamis tou
Christou; hotan gar artheno, tote dunatos eimi_.

[Transcriber's note: The Greek phrases above were transliterated as
follows: _he_--(rough breathing mark) eta; _dunamis_--delta, upsilon,
nu, alpha, mu, iota, final sigma; _en_--epsilon, nu;
_astheneia_--alpha, sigma, theta, epsilon, nu, epsilon, iota, alpha;
_teleitai_--tau, epsilon, lambda, epsilon, iota, tau, alpha, iota;
_edista_--eta, delta, iota, sigma, tau, alpha; _oun_--omicron, upsilon,
nu; _mallon_--mu, alpha, lambda, lambda, omicron, nu;
_kauchesomai_--kappa, alpha, upsilon, chi, eta, sigma, omicron, mu,
alpha, iota; _en_--epsilon, nu; _tais_--tau, alpha, iota, final sigma;
_astheneiais_--alpha, sigma, theta, epsilon, nu, epsilon, iota, alpha,
iota, final sigma; _hina_--(rough breathing mark) iota, nu, alpha;
_episkenose_--epsilon, pi, iota, sigma, kappa, eta, nu, omega, sigma,
eta; _ep_--epsilon, pi; _eme_--epsilon, mu, epsilon; _he_--(r