Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.

To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ is the fullness of his joy.

Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They are to be pitied who have no more trustworthy teacher than themselves.

Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people.

If Christ has risen the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown. Satan has fallen like lightning from heaven; and the triumph of truth over error, of good over evil, of happiness over misery, is forever secured.

There is a great difference between the irreconcilable and the self-contradict ory.

There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit.