The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God Himself.

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again.

The Christian's heart must be soaked in prayer before the true spiritual fruits begin to grow.

Hope is the music of the whole Bible, the heartbeat, the pulse and the atmosphere of the whole Bible.

Show me the condition of your Bible and I will accurately gauge the condition of your soul.

Compare yourself only with Jesus.

Love is both a principle and an emotion; it is something both felt and willed. It is capable of almost infinite degrees. Love in the human heart may begin so modestly as to be hardly perceptible and go on to become a raging torrent that sweeps its possessor before it in total helplessness.