"If a child is left to grow up in utter ignorance of duty, of its Maker, of its relation to society, and to grow up in an atmosphere of profaneness and intemperance, and in the practice of falsehood and fraud, let not the community complain of his crime. 

Very few can honestly say that they have no time or strength to spend beyond their families. How much time, thought, wealth and strength is wasted, absolutely wasted, by a large proportion of every people! Were the will equal to the power, were there a fraternal concern for the falling and fallen members of the community, what an amount of energy would be spent in redeeming society from its terrible evils without the slightest decrease of exertion at home." William Ellery Channing.