“… and all this to the exclusion of snatches of negro minstrelay, or the “flashy” ballards of the hour, is an indirect testimony to the success and religious power of this service.”

“… its saintly author, whose sweet compassion for the fair-faced slave boys of far-off Britain added works to prayers for their loosing from the ties and bonds of the chain of their sins.”

”… and after a Sunday at his home in Oskaloosa, has gone to his chosen work among the Indians, under the Bishop of Niobrara.”

“… On Sunday, Bishop Whipple preached at Trinity Church… on the Indian missions of the Church, in his happiest style.”

"On Sunday morning, Mr. Boone addressed the Sunday School of Trinity Church, and at the Cathedral delivered a most interesting sermon on the mission work of the Church in China..."

“It is said of a certain negro, that his master perceiving him one day with a down-cast look, asked him the cause, ‘Oh massa, I am such a great sinner!’”