We know that God's being is perfect, His essence infinite, His dominion absolute, His power unlimited, and His glory transcendent.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

God helps those who cannot help themselves.

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.

If a crooked stick is before you, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.

That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool.