You must keep all earthy treasures out of your heart, and let Christ be your treasure, and let Him have your heart.

Pleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle!

I hope the doctrine that Christians ought to be gloomy will soon be driven out of the universe. There are no people in the world who have such a right to be happy, nor have such cause to be joyful as the saints of the living God.

As for His failing you, never dream of it -- hate the thought of it. The God who has been sufficient until now, should be trusted to the end.

But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences.

If we will only think, we shall begin to thank.

I am throwing all my good works overboard, and lashing myself to the plank of free grace; for I hope to swim to glory on it.