God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.

When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.

I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.

The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life.

God's purpose in redemption is to make worshipers out of rebels.

Religion has accepted the monstrous heresy that noise, size, activity and bluster make a man dear to God.

The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained.