God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.

A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth.

We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. Regarding not the day, let us, nevertheless, give thanks to God for the gift of His dear Son.

Pleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle!