If there be a man before me who says that the wrath of God is too heavy a punishment for his little sin, I ask him, if the sin be little, why does he not give it up?

A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really in effect says, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.

Prayer is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

Remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity.

When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God.

If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other form of visible power at our disposal; but with such stones as we find in the brook, and with our own usual sling, let us run to meet the enemy.