If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is not in the church, the world will draw the church out.

A revival of religion presupposes a declension.

Every member must work or quit. No honorary members.

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.

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

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.

When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city.