The good man has his enemies. He would not be like His Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for friendship of the world is enmity to God.

It cannot be that there is a high appreciation of Jesus and a totally silent tongue about him

If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Preach Christ or nothing: don't dispute or discuss except with your eye on the cross.

God alone can do what seems impossible. This is the promise of his grace: 'I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten' (Joel 2:25). God can give back all those years of sorrow, and you will be the better for them. God will grind sunlight out of your black nights. In the oven of affliction, grace will prepare the bread of delight. Someday you will thank God for all your sadness.

Serve God with integrity, and if you achieve no success, at least no sin will lie upon your conscience.