The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

I have known men who thought the object of conversion was to cleanse them as a garment is cleansed, and that when they are converted they were to be hung up in the Lord's wardrobe, the door of which was to be shut, so that no dust could get at them. A coat that is not used the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted, the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.

There are apartments in the soul which have a glorious outlook; from whose windows you can see across the river of death, and into the shining city beyond; but how often are these neglected for the lower ones, which have earthward-looking windows.

That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.

Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche.

Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.