We think that we do well to be angry with the rebellious, and so we prove ourselves to be more like Jonah than Jesus.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. A mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

It is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language, and your very style is fashioned upon Scripture models, and, what is better still, your spirit is flavored with the words of the Lord. Prick him anywhere; and you will find that his blood is Bibline, the very essence of the Bible flows from him.

We must remember that the GOAL of prayer is the ear of God. Unless that is gained, the prayer has utterly failed. The uttering of it may have kindled devotional feeling in our minds, the hearing of it may have comforted and strengthened the hearts of those with whom we have prayed, but if the prayer has not gained the heart of God, it has failed in its essential purpose.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.