The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.

In these letters which I write, in the testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has presented to me. I do not write one article in the paper expressing merely my own ideas. They are what God has opened before me in vision--the precious rays of light shining from the throne.

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

Exercise will aid in the work of digestion. Take a walk after a meal; but no violent exercise after a full meal.

When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.

A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.

The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.