Occupation: Clergyman Birth: December 13, 1835 Death: January 23, 1893
You may look through the streets of heaven, asking each how they came to b there, and you will look in vain everywhere for a person who is morally an….
Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest….
Go and try to save a soul, and you will see how well it is worth saving, how capable it is of the most complete salvation. Not by pondering about it,….
Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches b….
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon..
Sad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with t….
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is….
The place where two friends first met is sacred to them all through their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old..
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words..
The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed..
There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt..
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from..
Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune..
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not ….
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will ….
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious..
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he….
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable..
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God..
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything..
Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself..