There Is No Such Thing

Prayer Is Not Designed To Inform God, But To Give Man A Sight Of His Misery; To Humble Man's Heart, To Excite His Desire, To Inflame His Faith, To Animate His Hope, To Raise His Soul From Earth To Heaven.

It Is To Be Regretted That Few Persons Who Have Arrived At Any Degree Of Eminence Or Fame, Have Written Memorials Of Themselves, At Least Such As Have Embraced Their Private As Well As Their Public Life.

To Suppose More Than One Supreme Source Of Infinite Wisdom, Power, And All Perfections, Is To Assert That There Is No Supreme Being In Existence.

The Grand Obstacle To The Salvation Of The Scribes And Pharisees Was Their Pride, Vanity And Self-love. They Lived On Each Other's Praise. If They Had Acknowledged Christ As The Only Good Teacher, They Must Have Given Up The Good Opinion Of The Multitude; And They Chose Rather To Lose Their Souls Than To Forfeit Their Reputation Among Men!

Whether The Family Of The Clarkes Were Of Norman Extraction Cannot Be Easily Ascertained.