Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.- Simms.

If I were but sure that I should live to see the coming of the Lord, it would be the joyfulest tidings in the world. O that I might see His kingdom come! It is the characteristic of His saints to love His appearing, and to look for that blessed hope. `The Spirit and the bride say, Come.' "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."- Richard Baxter.

God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.- Aughey.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.- Washington Irving.

The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried and smelted and polished and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.- Chapin.