Nothing can damn a man but his own righteousness; nothing can save him but the righteousness of Christ.

As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.

Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.

None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.

The love of Jesus is the source of salvation. He loves, he looks, he touches us, we live.

I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart.

I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.