The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of purity; the vile serpent of deceit shall be trodden under the heel of truth.

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.

I looked at God and He looked at me, and we were one forever.

If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.

Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.

See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's luscious fruits. There the mischief of the serpent in the first garden was undone: there the curse was lifted from earth, and borne by the woman's promised seed.

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.