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.

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.

Time can take nothing from the BIBLE. It is the living monitor. Like the sun, it is the same in its light and influence to man this day which it was years ago. It can meet every present inquiry and console every present loss

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

Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.

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