The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.

Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can pay to divine liberality.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is one of the best attested facts on record. There were so many witnesses to behold it, that if we do in the least degree receive the credibility of men's testimonies, we cannot and we dare not doubt that Jesus rose from the dead.

If there be any one point in which the Christian church ought to keep its fervor at a white heat, it is concerning missions. If there be anything about which we cannot tolerate lukewarmness,it is the matter of sending the gospel to a dying world.

Faith pulls the black mask from the face of trouble, and discovers the angel beneath.

God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it.

They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy law.