So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of all you hold dear depend upon your courage and exertions. Let each man resolve to be victorious, and that the right of self government, liberty and peace shall find him a defender.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.