“A dark cloud hangs upon our horizon, but the great mediatorial King reigns and the church is safe. He who has hitherto defended us from every enemy, upheld us under every trial, and from time to time has bestowed so many precious tokens of His favor upon us as a church, surely will be faithful to the end. Let us then go forward in the path of duty with a firm step and a courageous heart.” — John Leighton Wilson, quoted in Henry A. White, Southern Presbyterian Leaders (1911), p. 406