There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.

We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see all religious teaching built upon the solid rock of truth and not upon the sand of imagination. At the same time, our grand object is not the revision of opinions, but the regeneration of natures. We should bring men to Christ, not to our own particular views of Christianity.

Never lose heart in the power of the gospel.

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.

Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery speeches.

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.

He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.