The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let it be remembered, that it was practised only by a lost soul and without success.

When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats it on every side to see if there be any flaw in it. So Christ doth not presently after he hath converted a man, convey him to heaven; but suffers him first to be beaten upon by many temptations and then exalts him to his crown.

The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.

The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.

The nurse of infidelity is sensuality.