"It is not the being of sin, but the love of sin, that condemns us."

"I was much disgusted at the way in which the people sing here. They bawl as loud as they can, but it is without any taste or judgment. They have no notion of singing in tune, or time, or harmony; but …"

"I do not think that I have ever spent an hour in my life, from the age of twenty-one to this day, without employing it in some useful way."

"I was much struck with the spirit of the people, who, though poor, were neat, clean, and cheerful. They seemed to have no care, but to please God."

"Reading the Scripture, I find there no other way to heaven than the way of holiness."