III. GROTON AND PROVIDENCE. LETTERS AND JOURNALS.

 "What hath not man sought out and found,

But his dear God? Who yet his glorious love

Embosoms in us, mellowing the ground With showers, and frosts, with love and awe."

  HERBERT.

"No one need pride himself upon Genius, for it is the free-gift

of God; but of honest Industry and true devotion to his

destiny any man may well be proud; indeed, this thorough,

integrity of purpose is itself the Divine Idea in its most

common form, and no really honest mind is without communion

with God"

  FICHTE.

"God did anoint thee with his odorous oil,

To wrestle, not to reign; and he assigns

All thy tears over, like pure crystallines,

For younger fellow-workers of the soil

To wear for amulets. So others shall

Take patience, labor, to their hearts and hands,

From thy hands, and thy heart, and thy brave cheer,

And God's grace fructify through thee to all."

  ELIZABETH B. BARRETT.

"While I was restless, nothing satisfied,

Distrustful, most perplexed--yet felt somehow

A mighty power was brooding, taking shape

Within me; and this lasted till one night

When, as I sat revolving it and more,

A still voice from without said,--'Seest thou not,

Desponding child, whence came defeat and loss?

Even from thy strength.'"

  BROWNING.

 III.

GROTON AND PROVIDENCE.

 'Heaven's discipline has been invariable to me. The seemingly most pure and noble hopes have been blighted; the seemingly most promising connections broken. The lesson has been endlessly repeated:"Be humble, patient, self-sustaining; hope only for occasional aids; love others, but not engrossingly, for by being much alone your appointed task can best be done!" What a weary work is before me, er