Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.

God sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living.

Where doubt is, there faith has no power.

Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand and to watch over them in tenderness. When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what pow'r it has over my mind.

Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient saints'] if I come to him in the manner they did?

There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.