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

Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.

Our Heavenly Father always sends His children the things they ask, or better things.

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

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

Sin, without strong restraints, would pull God from His throne, make the world the minion of its lusts, and all beings bow down and worship.