We may sing, 'Crown Him Lord of all,' and rejoice in the tones of the loud-sounding organ and the deep melody of harmonious voices, but still we have done nothing until we have left the world and set our faces toward the city of God in hard practical reality. When faith becomes obedience then it is true faith indeed.

To regain her lost power the Church must see heaven opened and have a transforming vision of God.

The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first 'Ye are my friends?' (John 15:14)

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ. What he is or is not no longer concerns him. He believes that he has been crucified with Christ and he is not willing either to praise or deprecate such a man.

Jesus came not to condemn, but to reclaim.

Judas Iscariot was not a greatly wicked person, just a common money-lover, and like most money-lovers, he did not understand Christ.

Many's very human habit of trusting in himself is generally the last great obstacle blocking his pathway to victory in Christian experience.