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.

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

To throw the Christian into the furnace is to put him into Christ's parlor; for lo! Jesus Christ is walking with him.

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.

There is no university for a Christian, like that of sorrow and trial

It is a great joy to believe that Jesus has been tempted in all points just as we are.

A man who knows that he is saved by believing in Christ does not, when he is baptized, lift his baptism into a saving ordinance. In fact, he is the very best protester against that mistake, because he holds that he has no right to be baptized until he is saved.