Ann Lee

It is now spring of the year, and you have all had the privilege of being taught the way of God; and now you may all go home and be faithful with your hands. Every faithful man will go forth and put up his fences in season, and will plow …

You ought not to cross your children unnecessarily, for it makes them ill-natured.

Be diligent with your hands, for godliness does not lead to idleness.

You can never enter the kingdom of God with hardness against any one, for God is love, and if you love God you will love one another.

Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live; and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow.

You ought never to speak to your children in a passion; for if you do, you will put devils into them.

Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God.

I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.

If you confess your sins, you must confess them to God; we are but his witnesses.

The first step of obedience that any of you can take is to confess your sins to God before his witnesses.

When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them. And when I had confessed them, I cried to God to know if my confession was accepted; and by crying to God continually I traveled out of my …