Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune.

"You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."

Our knowledge, is our power, and God our strength.

The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.

The disappointed man turns his thoughts toward a state of existence where his wiser desires may be fixed with the certainty of faith; the successful man feels that the objects which he has ardently pursued fail to satisfy the cravings of an immortal spirit; the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, that he may save his soul alive.