You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter.

Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would appear among us and do wondrous things here, as in the times of former generations.

It does not spoil your happiness to confess your sin. The unhappiness is in not making the confession.

Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool.

To receive the Word in the ear is one thing, and to receive Jesus into your very soul is quite another.