They readily pray for the forgiveness of sins, and then sin again; confess the evil of it, and there the matter ends.
I shall not often advert to their depravity.

My practice has always been to apply the remedy with all possible earnestness, but never allow my own mind to dwell on the dark shades of men's characters.

I have never been able to draw pictures of guilt, as if that could awaken Christian sympathy.

The evil is there.

But all around in this fair creation are scenes of beauty, and to turn from these to ponder on deeds of sin can not promote a healthy state of the faculties.