The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success.

The observance of one commandment, however clearly and forcibly enjoined, cannot make up for the neglect of another which is enjoined with equal clearness and equal force.

There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.

Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.

If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our way across the world, merely making a noise as we go

When blessed with wealth, let them withdraw from the competition of vanity and be modest, retiring from ostentation, and not be the slaves of fashion.