Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.

Those who do not hope cannot wait; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves.

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

I find myself frequently depressed - perhaps more so than any other person here. And I find no better cure for that depression than to trust in the Lord with all my heart, and seek to realize afresh the power of the peace-speaking blood of Jesus, and His infinite love in dying upon the cross to put away all my transgressions.

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.