If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven.

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven.

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.

His throne is the pulpit. He stands in Christ's stead. His message is the Word of God. Around him are immortal souls. The Savior, unseen, is beside him. The Holy Spirit broods over the congregation. Angels gaze upon the scene, and heaven and hell await the issue. What associations and what vast responsibility!