How grand it is, amid the selfishness of the world, to find such generous deeds! The Moravian missionaries were told that they could not enter the...
Alexander, when his army grew sluggish because laden with the spoils of their enemies, to free them from this incumbrance, commanded all his own baggage to...
Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense is a life of death. You go and bury a seed...
When a gentleman was inspecting a house in Newcastle, with a view to buying it as a residence, the landlord took him to the upper window,...
Let us interrupt the flow of the week, and rear up another Sabbath in the middle of it. And, as those who swim mighty streams do...
How unutterly mean is the behavior of the Sabbath breaker. It is as though a man had a large estate, and he said to his employees:...
Let my readers fancy that as they pass on their way to the house of God, they see almost all the shops in their native town...
Do not be over-anxious about riches. Get as much of true wisdom and goodness as you can; but be satisfied with a very moderate portion of...
Oftentimes you will find men who have been penurious all their lives, and who have amassed a fortune, attempting to buy respect in their old age....
A man may have every comfort and luxury here, and yet come to a wretched future. It is no sin to be rich. It is a...