God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.

I look upon the giving away of a religious tract as only the first step for action not to be compared with many another deed done for Christ; but were it not for the first step we might never reach to the second, but that first attained, we are encouraged to take another, and so at the last There is a real service of Christ in the distribution of the gospel in its printed form, a service the result of which heaven alone shall disclose, and the judgment day alone discover. How many thousands have been carried to heaven instrumentally upon the wings of these tracts, none can tell

The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.

Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

When filled with holy truth the mind rests.

Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.