"But what would I not give to possess some of your philosophy.

Doubtless your words are true; for there must be a growth and progression of the spirit as well as of the body; for all physical laws have their origin in the world of mind, and bear thereto exact relations.

Yet, for all this, when there is a deep dissatisfaction with what exists around us, should we not seek for change?
Will not a removal from one locality to another, and an entire change of pursuits, give the mind a new basis in natural things, and thus furnish ground upon which it may stand and move forward ?" "Perhaps, if the ground given us to stand upon were rightly tilled, it would yield a richer harvest than any we shall ever find, though we roam the world over; and it may be, that the narrow path to heaven lies just across our own fields.

It is in the actual and the present that we are to seek a true development of our spiritual life.

'Work while it is to-day,' is the Divine injunction." "But if we can find no work, Agnes ?" "If the heart be willing and the hands ready," was the earnestly spoken answer, "work enough will be found to do." "I have a willing heart, Agnes,--I have ready hands--but the heart is wearied of its own fruitless desires, and the hands hang down in idleness.