Occupation: Author Birth: March 20, 1840 Death: July 2, 1912
Life is a building. It rises slowly, day by day throughout the years. Every new lesson we learn lays a block on the edifice, which is rising silently….
We have a mission to others--to add to their cheer. This we cannot do unless we have first learned the lesson of cheerfulness ourselves..
A true home is one of the most sacred of places. It is a sanctuary into which men flee from the world's perils and alarms. It is a resting-place to w….
The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could….
As he loves us, he would have us love others. We say men are not worthy of such friendships. True, they are not. Neither are we worthy of Christ's wo….
The truly happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with grief, and wh….
Nothing else in all life is such a maker of joy and cheer as the privilege of doing good..
The new year on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ we need have no fear. So let u….
It is impossible to estimate full influence of the reading of the Word in a home day after day and year after year. It filters into the hearts of the….
Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness..
We ought not to have to wait for sorrow before we can appreciate the sweetness of joy..
A woman whose heart is not touched by the sickness of sorrow and whose hands do not go out in relief where it is in her power to help, lacks one of t….
Nothing does so much to help those who suffer as to know that somebody cares..
A verse of Scripture in the morning, may become a blessing for all the day. It may sing in the heart as a sweet song, from morning until evening. It ….
Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance..
Disagree with someone on the right and he is likely to think you obtuse, wrong, foolish, a dope. Disagree with someone on the left, and he is more li….
The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is, survi….
In the last analysis, home happiness depends on the wife. Her spirit gives the home its atmosphere. Her hands fashion its beauty. Her heart makes its….
No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility of ….
A devotional book, which takes a Scripture text, and so opens it for us in the morning - that all day long it helps us to live, becoming a true lamp ….
Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinem….