The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings, and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain.

If it be the characteristic of a worldly man that he desecrates what is holy, it should be of the Christian to consecrate what is secular, and to recognize a present and presiding divinity in all things.

The character wherewith we sink into the grave at death, is the very character wherewith we shall re-appear on the day of resurrection.

It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

The sum and substance of the preparation needed for a coming eternity is that you believe what the Bible tells you, and do what the Bible bids you.