I Acknowledge Thee, Lord Of Heaven And

Trust The Past To The Mercy Of God, The Present To His Love, And The Future To His Providence.

For So It Is, O Lord My God, I Measure It! But What It Is I Measure, I Do Not Know.

That There Should Be Some Fire Even After This Life Is Not Incredible, And It Can Be Inquired Into And Either Be Discovered Or Left Hidden Whether Some Of The Faithful May Be Saved, Some More Slowly And Some More Quickly In The Greater Or Lesser Degree In Which They Loved The Good Things That Perish, Through A Certain Purgatorial Fire.

If By Fate Anyone Means The Will Or Power Of God, Let Him Keep His Meaning But Mend His Language; For Fate Commonly Means A Necessary Process Which Will Have Its Way Apart From The Will Of God And Men.

By And By Never Comes.