Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed but finite, imperfect. But as God is unlimited in goodness, He should have our unlimited love.
Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.
the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.
To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.
In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.