 The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature. |
| If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own me for his son and exalt me to honor in his presence, I shall not fear to die, nor shall I dread the grave where Christ once lay. |
| The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity. |
| Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. |
| Sanctification is not regeneration. |
| We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. |
| If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. |
| Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven. |
| If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you! |
| If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim. |
| If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned. |
