Excerpt from Lectures and Sermons We live in a responsive world. Let a man put himself in right relation with its mighty forces and he will find that they hasten to serve his need. If he puts his turbine in the river the waters will turn his wheel; if he hoists his sail the answering winds will waft him onward; if he sows his seed, the sunshine and showers will labor for the harvest. Nature is thus our servant, the one of whom we are always sure. She works with all her power for any one who stirs himself to lay hold of her forces and obey her laws. When we are responsive, the stars in their courses fight for us, and all the vast universe toils to make our dreams come to pass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.