As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

God will speak to the hearts of those who prepare themselves to hear; and conversely, those who do not so prepare themselves will hear nothing even though the Word of God is falling upon their outer ears every Sunday.

One of the greatest foes of the Christian is religious complacency.. Orthodox Christianity has fallen to its present low estate from lack of spiritual desire. Among the many who profess the Christian faith, scarcely one in a thousand reveals any passionate thirst for God.

We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God.

God formed us for His pleasure, and so formed us that we as well as He can in divine communion enjoy the sweet and mysterious mingling of kindred personalities. He meant us to see Him and live with Him and draw our life from His smile.

Because we are the handiwork of God, it follows that all our problems and their solutions are theological.

The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.