The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.

When it is the Lord’s work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.

Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.

Nonsense is nonsense whether it rhymes or not, just as bad half-pennies are good for nothing whether they jingle or lie quiet.

Trials make more room for consolation. There is nothing that makes a man have a big heart like a great trial. I always find that little, miserable people, whose hearts are about the size of a grain of mustard seed, never have had much to try them. I have found that those people who have no sympathy for their fellows — who never weep for the sorrows of others — very seldom have had any woes of their own. Great hearts can only be made by great troubles.

He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.

Christ did not die to make his Father loving, but because his Father is loving: the atoning blood is the outflow of the very heart of God toward us.