There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home.

Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical

No one can truly see Christ, and drink in the influence of his character, and not be a Christian at heart.

Seeking Heaven through righteousness is not seeking righteousness, but something else;--it is not loving goodness for goodness' sake, but for its rewards.

There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out truths from other continents of thought, and checks the circulation of its own.

A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.

Certainly, truth should be strenuous and bold; but the strongest things are not always the noisiest, as any one may see who compares scolding with logic.