Providence is wonderfully intricate. Ah! You want always to see through Providence, do you not? You never will, I assure you. You have not eyes good enough. You want to see what good that affliction was to you; you must believe it. You want to see how it can bring good to the soul; you may be enabled in a little time; but you cannot see it now; you must believe it. Honor God by trusting Him.

I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.

If your creed and Scripture do not agree, cut your creed to pieces, but make it agree with this book.

Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.

The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.

Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness.

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