Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a certain amount of power for good or harm. Every woman, by her virtue or her vice,… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
To bear adversity with meek submission to the will of God; to endure chastisement with all long-suffering and joyfulness; to appear cheerful amid surrounding… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
A community is not likely to be overthrown where woman fulfills her mission, for by the power of her noble heart, she will raise… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
Luck, if it mean nothing more than an event of which the cause is not apparent, is a term that may be employed without error; but if it means, as it generally does, an event which has no cause at all, a mere chance, it is a bad word, a heathen term; drop it from your vocabulary; trust nothing to… — John Angell James Copy Share
You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
A good Christian cannot be a bad husband or father and, as this is equally true in everything, he who has the most piety… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
The friends of evangelical doctrine, and the advocates of orthodoxy, have the following objects to keep ever in view in this age; they must… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
“Let [the wife] guard, as much as possible, against a gloomy and moody disposition, which causes her to move about with the silence and… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
We are not saved by nations or by churches or by families, but as individuals, through a personal interest in a personal Saviour. — John Angell James Copy Share Image
The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
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