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But to what avail have I a spirit separate from the men and women around me, if I must take my temper from theirs, be happy only when they are gay and serene only when they are kindly? Is it a proof of my affection for them if I thus take to heart their harshness and reflect it in my life? It would far better prove my affection for them if I should dissipate their clouds with my sunshine and smooth away their frowns with my smiles. But I cannot do this unless, with all my love for them and my joy in them, I hold myself regally independent of them in my spirit life.

And then, how dare I permit another mortal to spoil even a day or an hour of that life which I am living to God alone? In Him I should seek my sufficiency, my all in all. When He frowns upon me, then indeed the world should be black about me, but when He looks graciously upon me, it is enough; I have no business heeding the ungracious looks of His creatures.

My spirit shall dwell apart. I will be alone with Thee, and let Thee interpret the world for me. In whatever house I live, or in the thickest crowd, my spirit shall make an abode for itself where it may be serene.

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