To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy, and then, like sheep, it comes most surely unsought, and we 'being in the way,' the angel of God, bright-haired joy, is sure to meet us.

Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

I am satisfied, for I awake in Thy likeness.

Transiency is stamped on all our possessions, occupations, and delights. We have the hunger for eternity in our souls, the thought of eternity in our hearts, the destination for eternity written on our inmost being, and the need to ally ourselves with eternity proclaimed by the most short-lived trifles of time. Either these things will be the blessing or the curse of our lives. Which do yon mean that they shall be for you?

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.