Above all I commend the study of Christ. Let Him be your library.

There is no university for a Christian, like that of sorrow and trial

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication.

The diver plunges deep to find pearls, and we must accept any labor or hazard to win a soul

May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest

We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.

We have all heard the story of the man who preached so well and lived so badly, that when he was in the pulpit everybody said he ought never to come out again, and when he was out of it they all declared he never ought to enter it again.