“My heart needs Thee, O Lord, my heart needs Thee!  No part of my being needs Thee like my heart.  All else within me can be filled by Thy gifts.  My hunger can be satisfied by daily bread.  My thirst can be allayed by earthly waters.  My cold can be removed by household fires.  My weariness can be relieved by outward rest.  But no outward thing can make my heart pure.  The calmest day will not calm my passions.  The fairest scene will not beautify my soul.  The richest music will not make harmony within.  The breezes can cleanse the air, but no breeze can cleanse a spirit.  This world has not provided for my heart.  It has provided for my eye; it has provided for my ear; it has provided for my touch; it has provided for my taste; it has provided for my sense of beauty but it has not provided for my heart.”

--Springs in the Valley, Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman, January 4.