This day, my God, I hate sin not because it damns me, but because it has done Thee wrong. To have grieved my God is the worst grief to me.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.

God is so boundlessly pleased with Jesus that in him he is altogether well pleased with us.

Every sufferer who bears pain, or slander, or loss, or personal unkindness for Christ’s sake, is filling up that amount of suffering which is necessary to the bringing together of the whole body of Christ, and the upbuilding of His elect Church.

The religion of both Old and New Testaments is marked by fervent outspoken testimonies against evil. To speak smooth things in such a case may be sentimentalism, but it is not Christianity. It is a betrayal of the cause of truth and righteousness.

There is no form of sinfulness to which you are addicted which Christ cannot remove.

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.