Is there nothing to sing about to-day? Then borrow a song from tomorrow; sing of what is yet to be. Is this world dreary? Then think of the next.

The religion of both Old and New Testaments is marked by fervent outspoken testimonies against evil. To speak smooth things in such a case may be sentimentalism, but it is not Christianity. It is a betrayal of the cause of truth and righteousness.

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.

Nothing but grace makes a man so humble and, at the same time, so glad.

The closet is the best study. The commentators are good instructors, but the Author Himself is far better.

It is better to preach five words of God’s Word than five million words of man’s wisdom.