I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite sure that if God had not chosen me I should never have chosen him; and I am sure he chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chosen me afterwards; and he must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why he should have looked upon me with special love.

Nothing but grace makes a man so humble and, at the same time, so glad.

The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence.

Oh, the hard, cruel thoughts which men have toward one another when they are angry! They kill and slay a thousand times over. These hasty sins are soon forgotten by us, but they are not forgotten by God.

Our extremities are God's opportunities.

Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.

In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.