As the rain soaks into the ground, so pray the Lord to let his gospel soak into your soul.

Let me say that for comfort, there is no thought more full of sweetness than that of an eternal God engaged in Christ Jesus to His people; to love, and bless, and save them all. One Who has made them the distinguished objects of His discriminating regard from all eternity, it is the eternal God.

Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism.

True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes of a wheel move at once when the wheel moves, and so all the graces commence action when regeneration is wrought by the Holy Ghost. Repentance, however, there must be.

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim. If you learned your trade or profession from the man, do not set up in opposition to him.

A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.

One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing.