My thoughts are with you now--and my prayers. 'He had seven stars--in His right hand,' was the thought which comforted me at my own ordination, when I felt, as seldom before, my own hollowness and incapacity. We can shed light--we are safe--because we are 'in His right hand.' 'The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.' We can never go beyond His love and care. In moments of perplexity and uncertainty, although we cannot feel His presence, He is there. 'In His right hand.' 'They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.' May God give you the power to love and the power to pray! Much prayer and much love are needed for a successful ministry. Good-bye, and God bless you and make you a true and faithful pastor! Remember St. Paul's words: _he dunamis en astheneia teleitai. edista oun mallon kauchesomai en tais astheneiais, hina episkenose ep eme he dunamis tou Christou; hotan gar artheno, tote dunatos eimi_. [Transcriber's note: The Greek phrases above were transliterated as follows: _he_--(rough breathing mark) eta; _dunamis_--delta, upsilon, nu, alpha, mu, iota, final sigma; _en_--epsilon, nu; _astheneia_--alpha, sigma, theta, epsilon, nu, epsilon, iota, alpha; _teleitai_--tau, epsilon, lambda, epsilon, iota, tau, alpha, iota; _edista_--eta, delta, iota, sigma, tau, alpha; _oun_--omicron, upsilon, nu; _mallon_--mu, alpha, lambda, lambda, omicron, nu; _kauchesomai_--kappa, alpha, upsilon, chi, eta, sigma, omicron, mu, alpha, iota; _en_--epsilon, nu; _tais_--tau, alpha, iota, final sigma; _astheneiais_--alpha, sigma, theta, epsilon, nu, epsilon, iota, alpha, iota, final sigma; _hina_--(rough breathing mark) iota, nu, alpha; _episkenose_--epsilon, pi, iota, sigma, kappa, eta, nu, omega, sigma, eta; _ep_--epsilon, pi; _eme_--epsilon, mu, epsilon; _he_--(rough breathing mark) eta; _dunamis_--delta, upsilon, nu, alpha, mu, iota, final sigma; _tou_--tau, omicron, upsilon; _Christou_--Chi, rho, iota, sigma, tau, omicron, upsilon; _hotan_--(rough breathing mark) omicron, tau, alpha, nu; _gar_--gamma, alpha, rho; _artheno_--alpha, rho, theta, epsilon, nu, omega; _tote_--tau, omicron, tau, epsilon; _dunatos_--delta, upsilon, nu, alpha, tau, omicron, final sigma; _eimi_--epsilon, iota, mu, iota] _To W. D. H._ Dale Head Post Office, Thirlmere, September 20, 1900. My thoughts and my prayers are with you at this time. I remember how at my own ordination, when I felt as never before my own utter weakness and incapacity, the thoughts in the first chapter of the Revelation, of Christian ministers as 'stars in His {128} right hand' comforted and supported me. In His right hand--with His power we can do all things. As the lesson for to-day says, _he dunamis en astheneia teleitai_, strength is perfected in weakness. _hotan astheno tote dunatos eimi_.