It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them.

Music is at its best when it is pleasingly melancholic.

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

Depend upon it, since Satan could not kill the church by roaring at her like a lion, he is now trying to crush her by hugging her like a bear.

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

A world where everything was easy would be a nursery for babies, but not at all a fit place for men.

We fear not God because of any compulsion; our faith is no fetter, our profession is no bondage, we are not dragged to holiness, nor driven to duty. No, our piety is our pleasure, our hope is our happiness, our duty is our delight.