It is the beginning of an endless life. If God Himself be the centre of all, the nearer we are to Him, the nearer we are to one another. I _am_ glad that your wife is one who shares in your ideals, who lives for the highest. What a life in store for you here! And there-- Before the judgment seat, Though changed and glorified each face, Not unremembered you will meet For endless ages to embrace. You will be nearer the centre then, and nearer to one another. May God Himself bless you, dear old fellow! Forgive this poor attempt at a letter. I share in your joy, although I am not actually with you. I never remember any wedding outside my own family which has given me greater pleasure. It was good of you to ask me to be present--very good. B----, I _am_ glad. You must thank God and ask Him to tell you what it all means, and for her sake live as good a life as you possibly can. With best love I am your friend, FORBES. _To a Friend after hearing of his intended ordination._ Durban: August 1899. Your ordination will be like my own over again. It is unutterably good of God . . . to put it into {115} your heart to live the life which I had prayed might be yours. _Meizoteran touton ouk charin, hina akouo ta ema tekna en te aletheia peripatounta_ . . . [Transcriber's note: The Greek phrases in the above paragraph were transliterated as follows: _Meizoteran_--Mu, epsilon, iota, zeta, omicron, tau, epsilon, rho, alpha, nu; _touton_--tau, omicron, upsilon, tau, omega, nu; _ouk_--omicron, upsilon, kappa; _charin_--chi, alpha, rho, iota, nu; _hina_--(rough breathing mark) iota, nu, alpha; _akouo_--alpha, kappa, omicron, upsilon, omega; _ta_--tau, alpha; _ema_--epsilon, mu, alpha; _tekna_--tau, epsilon, kappa, nu, alpha; _en_--epsilon, nu; _te_--tau, eta; _aletheia_--alpha, lambda, eta, theta, epsilon, iota, alpha; _peripatounta_--pi, epsilon, rho, iota, pi, alpha, tau, omicron, upsilon, nu, tau, alpha] . . . If your temptations are great it is because your nature is rich and noble; and when it is disciplined you will have tremendous power. I shall not be content until your every thought is led captive to 'the obedience of the Christ.' You are born to be a saint, and you will be wretched until you are one. You are not the kind of man who can do things by halves.