Stir up all Thy strength and give commandment to prevent it.

Do Thou prevent it.

For, after I have done all,--after I have made all my overt acts blameless, after I have tamed my tongue which no man can tame--all that only the more throws my thoughts into a very devil's garden, a thicket of hell, a secret swamp of sin to the uttermost.

How, then, am I ever to attain to that white stone and that shining name?
And that in a world of such truth that every man's name and title there shall be a strict and true and entirely accurate and adequate description and exposition of the very thoughts and intents and imaginations of his heart?
How shall I, how shall you, my brethren, ever have 'Think-well' written on our forehead ?--Well, with God all things are possible.

With God, with a much meditating mind, and a true and humble and tender heart, and a pure conscience, a conscience void of offence, working together with Him--He, with all these inheritances and all these environments working together with Him, will at last enable us, you and me, to lift up such a clear and transparent forehead.