I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.

Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.

It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.

She became at once more intimate and more exalted.

[T]his is the strongest encouragement to them in sinning; and we have need to lay all our batteries against this bulwark of presumption (361).

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).