Fragments

What loss the gain is when, in collecting, or enlarging knowledge, we lose simplicity and afection. I should like to see them [at-] in their simplicity, and be refreshed by their faith. May we only the more long for the time of perfection. The fragments will surely be gathered up at last. Not one shall be lost -not a fragment of the joy of the Spirit shall be lost; but the bright spots of the soul shall be fixed there in their full beauty forever, though now they seem at times to disappear.
The Lord's relationship to the world was perfect in moral dignity. He was a Conqueror, a bitterer, and a Benefactor in it. Such a combination is wonderful and excellent indeed.
He was ever serving that world, the course and pollution of which made Him a Conqueror; the inquity and contradiction of which made Him a Sufferer. He was never overcome of evil, but ever overcame evil with good.
Fragments
The Turn Of Time.-" When things come to the worst, then they begin to mend. And now at the worst they assuredly were; so this was the turning-point-the cold hour before the dawn."
Home.-" I wonder shall I ever see you all again! In my thoughts I dwell with you; in my dreams I tread the green fields of home, and pluck those flowers that too soon wither in my grasp; - for I wake and find myself in a foreign land."