"There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home."

“Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over: but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.”

“There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out truths from other continents of thought, and checks the circulation of its own.”

“Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. To be is the great thing.”

“Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.”

“Christ illustrates the purport of life as He descends from His transfiguration to toil, and goes forward to exchange that robe of heavenly brightness for the crown of thorns.”

“Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.”