The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom. - Elias Lyman Magoon

Whatever we are directed to pray for, we are also exhorted to work for; we are not permitted to mock Jehovah, asking that of Him which we deem not worth our pains to acquire.

The worst idleness is that of the heart. Think of the condition and prospects of a voiceless, thankless, prayerless heart.

Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. They greatly mistake, who suppose that God cares for no other pursuit than devotion.