The Spirit of God bears no witness to Christless sermons. Leave Jesus out of your preaching, and the Holy Spirit will never come upon you. Why should he? Has he not come on purpose that he may testify of Christ? Did not Jesus say, ‘He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you’? Yes, the subject was Christ, and nothing but Christ, and such is the teaching which the Spirit of God will own. Be it ours never to wander from this central point: may we determine to know nothing among men but Christ and his cross.

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.

God is to be praised with the voice, and the heart should go therewith in holy exultation.

Whatever is your greatest joy and treasure, that is your god.

Nothing that man can present to God by way of sacrifice can ever purchase the blessing of forgiveness.

Is there nothing to sing about to-day? Then borrow a song from tomorrow; sing of what is yet to be. Is this world dreary? Then think of the next.

There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.