Henry Watterson: “In spite of his positiveness of opinion and amplitude of knowledge he was always courteous and deferential in debate.”

Yet it is after all a figure of speech not a personality that appeals to our sense of duty without necessarily engaging our affection.

But my face in the glass I’ll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow— That this worn-out old stuff which is thread-bare to-day Shall become everlasting to-morrow.

Too many churches—or, shall I say, church fabrics—breeding controversy where there should be agreement, each sect and subdivision fighting phantoms of its fancy.

It is love—love through grace of God—truth where we can find it—which shall irradiate the life that is.