Matthew Simpson

“We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.”

“There are moments which involve in themselves eternities. There are instants which seem to contain germs of new social and political growths, which spread out and flourish forever.”

“There is a power in this republic to crush this rebellion, to punish this treason, and to hang these traitors.”

“Chieftain, farewell! The nation mourns thee. Mothers shall teach thy name to their lisping children. The youth of our land shall emulate thy virtues.”

“Faith is the eye of the soul, which looks out upon the glories of the unseen world.”

“Let us not be discouraged. The promises of God are as fresh today as they were a thousand years ago.”

“The work of a minister is the holiest and grandest work in which a man can be engaged.”