“The darkness is not so dense as it was; there are faint streaks on the horizon's verge; mist is in the valleys, but there is a radiance on the distant hill. It comes nearer--that promise of the day. The clouds roll rapidly away, and they are fringed with amber and gold. It is, it is the blest sunlight that I feel around me--Morning! It is morning!” FeelsMorningDarknessPromiseGoldCloudsHillsHorizonValleysSunlightMistVergeRadianceDenseStreaksAmber Book:John Bunyan, a lecture Source: John Bunyan, a lecture
“It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.” IfsKindMayMeanCharacterUsedLeftWiseSorrowConflictElementsGoldDisappointmentImprovementMetalsProvidenceArrangementsAfflictionCrucibleDross Author:William Morley Punshon
“Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold.” BeatsLaborGoldPatientMetalsAlchemistTransmutation Author:William Morley Punshon