“In this world the great purpose is the development of character. This is the school-life. You and I are little scholars. And when the Almighty, all-wise Teacher is speaking, the child should keep still. When He appoints us hard lessons, we should learn them. The mightiest lesson to be learned in this world is to let God have His way. Your brain and my brain are not big enough to comprehend the mysteries of Divine Providence; but your heart and my heart may trust Him enough to say: I will submit! I am silenced! I open not my mouth because Thou didst it!” — Theodore L. Cuyler, “The Grace of Silence” in Stirring the Eagle’s Nest, and Other Practical Discourses (1892), p. 217