Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.

Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its faith not in the living God, but in dying men.

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.

Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus.

I say that a Christian congregation can survive and often appear to prosper in the community by the exercise of human talent and without any touch from the Holy Spirit! All that religious activity and the dear people will not know anything better until the great and terrible day when our self-employed talents are burned with fire and only that which was wrought by the Holy Ghost will stand forever!

With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures.

We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.