As when my little son John offendeth: if then I should not whip him, but call him to the table unto me, and give him sugar and plums, thereby, I should make him worse, yea should quite spoil him.

[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.

Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto.

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.

I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.