“Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.”

“The dearest idol I have known,Whate'er that idol be,Help me to tear it from thy throne,And worship only thee.So shall my walk be close with God,Calm and serene my frame;So purer light shall mark the roadThat leads me to the Lamb.”

“God moves in mysterious waysHis wonders to performs”

“Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”

“The good we never miss we rarely prize”

“There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleasedWith melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;Some chord in unison with what we hearIs touch'd within us, and the heart replies.”

“Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,His only answer was, a blameless life.”