An indolent, self-indulgent student may have an easy time; he never troubles himself with difficult problems; he lets the hard things pass, not vexing his brain with them.

But in evading the burden he misses the blessing that was in it for him.

The only path to the joys and rewards of scholarship is that of patient, persistent toil.
It is true also in spiritual life.

We enter a world of antagonism and opposition the moment we resolve at Christ's feet to be Christians, to be true men or women, to forsake sin, to obey God, to do our duty.
There never comes a day when we can live nobly and worthily without effort, without resistance to wrong influences, without struggle against the power of temptation.

It never gets easy to be good.
Evermore the cross lies at our feet, and daily it must be taken up and carried, if we would follow Christ.