Was it not most meet that a woman should first see the risen Saviour? She was first in the transgression; let her be first in the justification. In yon garden she was first to work our wo; let her in that other garden be the first to see Him who works our weal. She takes first the apple of that bitter tree which brings us all our sorrow; let her be the first to see the Mighty Gardener, who has planted a tree which brings forth fruit unto everlasting life.

Faith is led confidently to expect what reason would never suggest.

The faith which saves is not one single act done on a certain day: it is an act continued and persevered in throughout the life of man.

The Book of Psalms instructs us in the use of wings as well as words. It sets us both mounting and singing.

Long ago I ceased to count heads. Truth is usually in the minority in this evil world

Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones.

The Devil has seldom done a cleverer thing that hinting to the Church that part of their mission is to provide entertainment for the people, with a view to winning them. Providing amusement for the people is nowhere spoken of in the Scriptures as a function of the Church. The need is biblical doctrine, so understood and felt that is sets men afire.