He excused himself by quoting the injunction, "Occupy till I come." But others sold their estates for trifles, and gave themselves up to proclaiming the millennium.
Mrs.Abigail Anderson was a woman who did nothing by halves.

She was vixenish, she was selfish, she was dishonest and grasping; but she was religious.

If any man think this paradox impossible, he has observed character superficially.

There are criminals in State's-prison who have been very devout all their lives.

Religious questions took hold of Mrs.
Anderson's whole nature.