The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn't hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.

The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.

I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world's heart for two thousand years.

The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.... It is God's worst enemy and the devil's best friend.

Enthusiasm is as good a thing in the Church as fire is in a cook stove.

You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land.

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.