It was nothing less than a stretch of divine love for Jesus to give himself for our sins. It was gracious for the Infinite to conceive of such a thing; but for him to carry it out was glorious beyond all.

The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.

Faith is reason at rest in God.

When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.

Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the blood with which its fangs are moistened,—as soon might you expect the lion of the wood to abjure his cruel tyranny over the feeble beasts of the plain, as expect the sinner to make any confession, or offer any repentance that shall be accepted of God, unless grace shall first renew the heart.

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary.

Believing right doctrine will no more save you, than doing good works will save you.