Occupation: Clergyman Birth: December 13, 1835 Death: January 23, 1893
To say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge..
Anger is self-immolation..
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men..
Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops..
To believe in the God over us and around us and not in the God within us - that would be a powerless and fruitless faith..
Happiness is the natural flower of duty..
Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes t….
Joy in one's work is the consummate tool..
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; F….
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..
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….
Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is n….
No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought that it is a ….
Preaching is truth through personality..
Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it..
Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble..
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberation….
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both..
Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives w….
How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But i….
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….