I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may have no positive commandment for it, but we believe that it is so much in accord with the genius and spirit of the gospel, and that it is so commended by the example of the saints, that the neglect thereof is a strange inconsistency.

Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!

Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.

Prayer bends omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

The existence of hypocrites does not prove the non-existence of true believers.

A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.

Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.