There are two great truths which from this platform I have proclaimed for many years. The first is that salvation is free to every man who will have it; the second is that God gives salvation to a people whom He has chosen; and these truths are not in conflict with each other in the least degree.

God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, he plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul’s true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give.

A child of five, if properly instructed, can, as truly believe, and be regenerated, as an adult.

I believe that much of the secret of soul-winning lies in having bowels of compassion, in having spirits that can be touched with the feeling of human infirmities.

To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe

I would bear any affliction rather than be burdened with a guilty conscience.

It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?