If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss no opportunity to do good.

Oh that God would give me the thing which I long for! That before I go hence and am no more seen, I may see a people wholly devoted to God, crucified to the world, and the world crucified to them. A people truly given up to God in body, soul and substance! How cheerfully would I then say, 'Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.'

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, I see from far thy beauteous light, Only I sigh for thy repose.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.

Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.

Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that, in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of the pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love.