We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.

Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue. Let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization?

Measure your progress by your experience of the love of God and its exercise before men.