The Law cuts into the core of the evil, it reveals the seat of the malady, and informs us that the leprosy lies deep within.

Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.

That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's luscious fruits. There the mischief of the serpent in the first garden was undone: there the curse was lifted from earth, and borne by the woman's promised seed.

Love to Jesus is the basis of all true piety, and the intensity of this love will ever be the measure of our zeal for His glory. Let us love Him with all our hearts, and then diligent labor, and consistent living will be sure to follow.

The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case.