Optimism / An Essay

the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts, “the source and centre of all minds, their only point of rest.”

is my service to think how I can best fulfil the demands that each day makes upon me, and to rejoice that others can do what I cannot.

long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.