If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to prayer, but to Christ Himself.

People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.

A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.

The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin.