"The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God's will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God." * * * "A man should keep himself down, and not busy himself in mirabilibus super se." * * * "We must not be behind time in doing good; for death will not be behind his time. " * * * |