We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

Unbelief will destroy the best of us; faith will save the worst of us.

This depression comes over me whenever the Lord is preparing a larger blessing for my ministry; the cloud is black before it breaks, and overshadows before it yields its deluge of mercy. Depression has now become to me as a prophet in rough clothing, a John the Baptist, heralding the nearer coming of my Lord's richer benison

He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows Him. Some are disciples of the church, others are disciples of the minister, and a third sort are disciples of their own thoughts; he is the wise man who sits at Jesus' feet and learns of Him, with the resolve to follow His teaching and imitate His example. He who tries to learn of Jesus Himself, taking the very words from the Lord's own lips, binding himself to believe whatsoever the Lord hath taught and to do whatsoever He hath commanded-he I say, is the stable Christian.

Where the plow does not go and the seed is not sown, the weeds are sure to multiply.

The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.