The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady.

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

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

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

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.

It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal.