Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with Him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph, and Second Advent splendor.

Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

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

We see his smile of love even when others see nothing but the black hand of death smiting our best beloved.

We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. Regarding not the day, let us, nevertheless, give thanks to God for the gift of His dear Son.

A thousand lives are not equal to the eternal life which abides in Jehovah's smile