'tis Hard Preaching A Stone Into Tears,

Preach To Yourselves The Sermons Which You Study, Before You Preach Them To Others.

Is It But Right That Our Hearts Should Be On God, When The Heart Of God Is So Much On Us.

Keep Company With The More Cheerful Sort Of The Godly; There Is No Mirth Like The Mirth Of Believers.

I Remember Myself, That When I Was Young, I Had Sometime The Company Of One Ancient Godly Minister, Who Was Of Weaker Parts Than Many Others, But Yet Did Profit Me More Than Most; Because He Would Never In Prayer Or Conference Speak Of God, Or The Life To Come, But With Such Marvelous Seriousness And Reverence, As If He Had Seen The Majesty And Glory Which He Talked Of.

Our Very Business Is To Teach The Great Lesson Of Self-denial And Humility To Our People, And How Unfit Is It Then That We Should Be Proud Ourselves!