Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.

Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.

When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted.

We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.

The business of the believer with his Bible open is to pray, 'Lord, give me the meaning and spirit of your word, while it lies open before me; apply your word with power to my soul, threatening or promise, doctrine or precept, whatever it may be; lead me into the soul and marrow of your word.'