As the light of morning strikes now one peak and then another, some being illuminated while others are in the shadow, so the light of the essential moral principle shines now upon one duty and then upon another, while others are in the shadow.

Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself.

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.

People may be said to resemble the pieces of a puzzle, each unique, yet each essential to bring out a complete picture.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith. The earth has been drenched with blood shed in this cause, the face of day darkened with the blackness of the crimes perpetrated in its name.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state