Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.

If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.

We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.

If you profess to be a child of God, leave it to the Lord Jesus to sanctify you in His own way.

The love of our Lord Jesus Christ towards sinners is strikingly shown in His steady purpose of heart to die for them.

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

Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do not let newspapers, novels, and romances be read, while the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and sensual swallow up your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind.