A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God.

You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that 'you deceive yourselves'.

Some men will spin out a long prayer telling God who and what he is, or they pray out a whole system of divinity. Some people preach, others exhort the people, till everybody wishes they would stop, and God wishes so, too, most undoubtedly.

In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say.

No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.

The end for which Christ lives, and for which He has left His church in the world, is the salvation of sinners.

He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.