It is necessary for God to use the hammers, the file, and the furnace in His holy work of preparing a saint for true sainthood. It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.

If God is the Supreme good then our highest blessedness on earth must lie in knowing Him as perfectly as possible.

When we allow God to be exalted in our difficulties we are in the perfect place to smell the fragrance of His Presence.

To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people.

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

Such words as amen, hallelujah, glory and others of like sacred association are repeated endlessly and meaninglessly in the apparent belief that they have in them some strange power for good. This can be no more than high-grade magic. It will pay us to search our own hearts thoroughly to discover just why we use these words.

Keep your heart with all diligence and God will take care of the universe.