As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.

Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system.

The hope of immortality makes heroes of cowards.

The mental powers acquire their full robustness when the cheek loses its ruddy hue, and the limbs their elastic step; and pale thought sits on manly brows, and the watchman, as he walks his rounds, sees the student's lamp burning far into the silent night.

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?

It is not with a rush and a spring that we are to reach Christ's character, and attain to perfect saintship; but step by step, foot by foot, hand over hand, we are slowly and often painfully to mount the ladder that rests on earth, and rises to heaven.