They entered upon a service in which all their energies flamed.
The living sacrifice includes all the life,--not what it is now only, but all that it may become.

Life is not a diamond, but a seed, with possibilities of endless growth.

Dr.Lyman Abbott has used this illustration: "I pluck an acorn from the greensward, and hold it to my ear; and this is what it says to me: 'By and by the birds will come and nest in me.

By and by I will furnish shade for the cattle.

By and by I will provide warmth for the home in the pleasant fire.