The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good.

It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.

This is the doctrine that we preach; if a man be saved, all the honor is to be given to Christ; but if a man be lost, all the blame is to be laid upon himself. You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences, salvation is all of the grace of God, damnation is all of the will of man.

He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows Him. Some are disciples of the church, others are disciples of the minister, and a third sort are disciples of their own thoughts; he is the wise man who sits at Jesus' feet and learns of Him, with the resolve to follow His teaching and imitate His example. He who tries to learn of Jesus Himself, taking the very words from the Lord's own lips, binding himself to believe whatsoever the Lord hath taught and to do whatsoever He hath commanded-he I say, is the stable Christian.

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

Men will allow God to be everywhere except on his Throne

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.