We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.
Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.
But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.
Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.
The Church in England is the Church of England.
To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all your teaching.
Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.
God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.
