Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, — Zeal

"ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl."

"Zeal and indignation are fervent passions."

"Zealotry is when the letter of religion is mistaken for its spirit."

"For zeals a dreadful termagant, That teaches saints to tear and cant."

"I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing."

"It is only through a burning zeal for the salvation of the lost — a zeal glowing in the heart, and flashing out in the look and action and utterance — that the confidence of unbelief can be overcome, and the heedless travelers of the broad way won to the path of life and happiness. Love is the most potent logic; interest and sympathy are the most subduing eloquence."