You can recollect the sayings of great men; you treasure up the verses of renowned poets; ought you not to be profound in your knowledge of the words of God, so that you may be able to quote them readily when you would solve a difficulty or overthrow a doubt? A daily portion is all that a man really wants. We do not need to-morrow’s supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as yet unborn. Contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated; it
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