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Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

Sarah Josepha Hale

A day of bliss is quickly told,
A thousand would not make us old
As one of sorrow doth —
It is by cares, by woes and tears,
We round the sum of human years —.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Let no one understand me as speaking lightly of that [Westminster] Catechism. It was framed by good men, and doubtless with the best intentions. But there can be no perfect system of faith as expounded by men; and there should be no creed which requires the human mind to render its unqualified assent before it has examined and reflected.

Sarah Josepha Hale

Hail, Holy Day! the blessing from above
Brightens thy presence like a smile of love,
Smoothing, like oil upon a stormy sea,
The roughest waves of human destiny
Cheering the good, and to the poor oppress'd
Bearing the promise of their heavenly rest.

Sarah Josepha Hale