I believe the hard heartest, most cross grained and most unloving Christians in all the world are those who have not had much trouble in their life. And those that are the most sympathizing, loving and Christlike are generally those who have the most affliction. The worse thing that can happen to any of us is to have a path made too smooth. One of the greatest blessings the Lord ever gave us was a cross.

Home is the grandest of all institutions.

No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own.

I shall never understand, even in heaven, why the Lord Jesus should ever have loved me.

A church is a soul-saving company or it is nothing.

The more holy a man becomes, the more conscious he is of unholiness.

When all else is changing within and around, in God and His mercy no change can be found.