The materials of the first temple were made ready in solitude. Those of the last also must be shaped in retirement; in the silence of the heart; in t… - Henry Giles

The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ.

Happiness is not the end of duty, it is a constituent of it. It is in it and of it; not an equivalent, but an element.

Brethren, we can rule our tempers, and we ought. Open the gospel, that most profound philosophy of the human soul, and yet most simple and practical directory of human duty; study it, fill your whole nature with its inspiration; set Christ before you; look upon His calm forehead and unstormed breast; think how He endured all contradiction of sinners, and endured them to the cross; and on the cross learn of Him then, for He was meek and lowly of heart.