Death is a great revealer of what is in a man, and in its solemn shadow appear the naked lineaments of the soul.

He who today utters a bold truth that seems to shock some old institution with the premonition of destruction, and that scares men from their propriety, will a hundred years hence be regarded as a remarkably conservative man. And yet the people who stand peculiarly upon what they call the foundations of conservatism, and hold to hard, practical facts, now stand upon that which one hundred years ago was rank heresy.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

Life is a crucible. We are thrown into it and tried.

It is a mistake to consider marriage merely as a scheme of happiness. It is also a bond of service. It is the most ancient form of that social ministration which God has ordained for all human beings, and which is symbolized by all the relations of nature.

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

O, how much those men are to be valued who, in the spirit with which the widow gave up her two mites, have given up themselves! How their names sparkle! How rich their very ashes are! How they will count up in heaven!