Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace.

Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob's faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment developing and perfecting the events which were to shed around the evening of his life the halo of a glorious and cloudless sunset.

If I have never mourned over my waywardness, then I have no solid ground for rejoicing.

No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people.

A natural faith is sufficient for trusting a human object; but a supernatural faith is required to trust savingly in a Divine object.

For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting of the heart.

When we complain about the weather, we are, in reality, murmuring against God.