The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith.

No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.

This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils.

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.

Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.