On the other hand, the cultivation of the religious sentiment represses licentiousnessinspires respect for law and order, and gives strength to the whole social fabric, at the same time that it conducts the human soul upward to the Author of its being.

We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but broken promises, bad faith, bankrupt corporations, cheated creditors and a ruined people.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.

If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency; if the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will.

A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.