Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you'll only hear half of it, and when people salute, you'll only see part of it. Believe only half the praise and half the criticism.

The boundless stores of Providence are engaged for the support of the believer.

He that reads his Bible to find fault with it will soon discover that the Bible finds fault with him.

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.

Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.

When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.