Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction and earthly things. They have no forethought for their eternal state, the present hour absorbs them. They turn to another and another of earth's broken cisterns, hoping to find water, where not a drop was ever discovered yet.

Sin is no little thing. It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced his heart . . . Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be ‘exceeding sinful’.

When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.

In 40 years I have not spent 15 minutes without thinking of Jesus.

I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet at the worst, when I reach the lowest depths, I have an inward peace which no pain or depression can in the least disturb. Trusting in Jesus Christ my Savior, there is still a blessed quietness in the deep caverns of my soul.

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

A child of five, if properly instructed, can, as truly believe, and be regenerated, as an adult.