Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved.

We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.

Show me 12 drunkards and I will show you 12 nagging wives.

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.

Repentance will not make you see Christ; but to see Christ will give you repentance.

The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. They who preach this truth preach the gospel in whatever else they may be mistaken; but they who preach not the atonement, whatever else they declare, have missed the soul and substance of the divine message.