There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.

Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.

If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?

None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.