Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.

Evil things are easy things: for they are natural to our fallen nature. Right things are rare flowers that need cultivation.

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

Dear brethren, this is exactly what we have to do, we have to pawn the present for the future. We must be satisfied to give up anything which Christ may require of us for the sake of that which is to come. Our inheritance is not on this side of Jordan. Our joy is yet to be revealed. I grant you that we have much thrown in, for the Lord is a good paymaster; but on the road to heaven he gives us only our spending money.

I do not preach doubtingly, for I do not live doubtingly.

I would not have you exchange the gold of individual Christianity for the base metal of Christian Socialism.

God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.