"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
- William Wilberforce
"We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which God particularly requires. Love, Zeal, Gratitude, Joy, H..."
"We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not th..."
"Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities o..."
"No man, ever indulged more freely or happily in that playful facetiousness which gratifies all without wounding any."
"true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude"
"Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must..."
"It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal."
"How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . . an accurate knowledge of all particulars, so that we may live as it were in the tim..."
"This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!"