To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.