A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

It is the life in literature that acts upon life.

The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience.

Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself.

Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.