Glorify a lie, legalize a lie, arm and equip a lie, consecrate a lie with solemn forms and awful penalties, and after all it is nothing but a lie. It rots a land and corrupts a people like any other lie, and by and by the white light of God's truth shines clear through it, and shows it to be a lie.

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.

We have not the innocence of Eden; but by God's help and Christ's example we may have the victory of Gethsemane.

Can you conceive of anything that so represents the glory, and truth, and marvelousness of God's nature as the idea of peace?

The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant.

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.

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