When we ask of the Lord coolly, and not fervently, we do as it were, stop His hand, and restrain Him from giving us the very blessing we "pretend" that we are seeking.

The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.

I do believe we slander Christ when we think we are to draw the people by something else but the preaching of Christ crucified.

It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.

We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.

Nothing is so sweet as to lie passive in God's hands, and know no will but His.