I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.

No sin is necessarily connected with sorrow of heart, for Jesus Christ our Lord once said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death." There was no sin in Him, and consequently none in His deep depression.

A man says to me, 'Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?' No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.

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

Sickness has frequently been of more use to the saints of God than health has.

Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .

He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to his God, has found the sunny side of life.