He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.

The more of heaven there is in our lives, the less of earth we shall covet.

Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience.

When the time comes for you to die, you need not be afraid, because death cannot separate you from God's love.

Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit.... The only way to more life is the Holy Spirit. You will not even know that you want more unless He works in you to desire it.... The Spirit of God must come and make the letter alive, transfer it to your heart, set it on fire, and make it burn within you, or else its divine force and majesty will be hid from your eyes.... Prayer is the creation of the Holy Spirit. We cannot do without prayer, and we cannot pray without the Holy Spirit.

Like Jonah, you may lose your gourd, but you cannot lose your God.

Sin is no little thing. It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced his heart . . . Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be ‘exceeding sinful’.