Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to 'persevering prayer,' and the motto will be more Christian and more worthy of universal adoption.

Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

Let me beg you, not to rest contented with the commonplace religion that is now so prevalent.

If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.

It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.

No mind, no wisdom--tempora ry mind, temporary wisdom--eternal mind, eternal wisdom.

If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency.