Deeds survive the doers.

Bodies are cleansed by water; the mind is purified by truth.

In what pagan nation was Moloch ever propitiated by such an unbroken and swift-moving procession of victims as are offered to this Moloch of Christendom, intemperance.

Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. City libraries tell us of the reign of Jesus Christ but city streets tell us of the reign of Satan.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

The education already given to the people creates the necessity of giving them more.

Education must bring the practice as nearly as possible to the theory. As the children now are, so will the sovereigns soon be.