The Same Sun That Hardens The Clay

If You Be Faithful, You Will Have That Honor That Comes From God: His Spirit Will Say In Your Hearts, Well Done, Good And Faithful Servants.

Few Men Can Be Said To Have Inimitable Excellencies: Let Us Watch Them In Their Progress From Infancy To Manhood, And We Shall Soon Be Convinced That What They Attained Was The Necessary Consequence Of The Line They Pursued, And The Means They Used.

It Is Strictly And Philosophically True In Nature And Reason That There Is No Such Thing As Chance Or Accident; It Being Evident That These Words Do Not Signify Anything Really Existing, Anything That Is Truly An Agent Or The Cause Of Any Event; But They Signify Merely Men's Ignorance Of The Real An Immediate Cause.

If You Go Forward In The Spirit Of The Original Apostles And Followers Of Jesus Christ, Trusting Not In Man But In The Living God, He Will Enable You To Pull Down The Strong Holds Of Sin And Satan, And That Work By Which He Is Pleased Will Prosper In Your Hands.

It Is To Be Regretted That Few Persons Who Have Arrived At Any Degree Of Eminence Or Fame, Have Written Memorials Of Themselves, At Least Such As Have Embraced Their Private As Well As Their Public Life.