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

If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!

Sanctification is not regeneration.

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

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.

If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.

Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed.