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

This is now a covenant of pure grace; let no man attempt to mix works with it.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted.

You cannot be Christ’s servant if you are not willing to follow him, cross and all. What do you crave? A crown? Then it must be a crown of thorns if you are to be like him. Do you want to be lifted up? So you shall, but it will be upon a cross.

It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago.

He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.