Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the love of sin?

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

True humility is a flower which will adorn any garden.

Hell itself does not contain greater monsters of iniquity than you and I might become. Within the magazine of our hearts there is power enough to destroy us in an instant, if omnipotent grace did not prevent

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

The whole Christ seeks after each sinner, and when the Lord finds it, he gives himself to that one soul as if he had but that one soul to bless. How my heart admires the concentration of all the Godhead and humanity of Christ in his search after each sheep of his flock.