When our troubles are many we are often by grace made courageous in serving our God; we feel that we have nothing to live for in this world, and we are driven, by hope of the world to come, to exhibit zeal, self-denial, and industry.

The Lord is a good banker, and I trust Him. He has never failed me. Why should I be anxious?

None but God would ever have thought of justifying me. I am a wonder to myself.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

When we cannot see the sunshine of God's face, it is blessed to cower down beneath the shadow of his wings.

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.

The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.