The title of Christian is a reproach to us, if we estrange ourselves from Him after whom we are denominated. The name of Jesus is not to be to us like the Allah of the Mahometans, a talisman or an amulet to be worn on the arm, as an external badge merely and symbol of our profession, and to preserve us from evil by some mysterious and unintelligible potency; but is to be engraved deeply on the heart, there written by the finger of God himself in everlasting characters.

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

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

Sulky labor, and the labor of sorrow are little worth: if you could only shed tranquility over the conscience and infuse joy into the soul, you would do more to make the man a thorough worker than if you could lend him the force of Hercules, or the hundred arms of Briareus.

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception.

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

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