We are foolish to expect to serve God without opposition: the more zealous we are, the more sure are we to be assailed... Glory be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall be cast out and for ever destroyed, while Jesus and they who are with him shall receive the crown. Let us sharpen our swords to-night, and pray the Holy Spirit to nerve our arms for the conflict. Never battle so important, never crown so glorious. Every man to his post, ye warriors of the cross, and may the Lord tread Satan under your feet shortly!

Jesus wept, but He never complained.

It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil.

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout which the helmsman on deck cannot get. So prayer sends the soul aloft; lifts it above the clouds in which our selfishness and egotism befog us, and gives us a chance to see which way to steer.

We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian like daily communion with the Lord Jesus.

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.