“I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.”
“Men's views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.”
“One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.”
“Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.”
“Here people was once used to be honourable: now they are all bad; they have kept one goodness: that they are greatest boozers.”
“the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon.”