Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.

We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think.

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.

All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth, but error still. Truth lies between extremes.

The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other.

In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.